Grave Secrets By: Kathy Reichs

I recently read a crime novel involving a forensic anthropologist named Temperance Brennan; she works with the police force, homicide squad, in Montreal. She also works in North Carolina; she shares her time equally between both police forces. The book starts with Tempe, as she likes to be called working in Chupan Ya, a small town just out of Guatemala City. She is working with a small group of anthropologists and they are trying to piece together a tragedy from the civil war within the region. On their way back to Guatemala City, two of her colleagues are knocked off the road by another car, and shot. This leads Tempe into a goose chase after the killers and a long road to uncovering the violent past.

A crime novel is supposed to be intelligent and sensible, a puzzle that leaves the reader trying to solve. The book leads the reader to the killer or the one who had committed the crime. This novel is excellent I was led to believe that the killer was the owner of the hotel but, just at the last moment the man was killed and the murderer was revealed.

Kathy Reich’s style is quite humorous and enjoyable, it is an easy read and but not too light at the same time. Her style is much like the author of Seduction Catherine Gildner. She had many jokes to lighten the heavy mood of a murder novel, like comic relief.

I really enjoyed this book, and have bought a couple more of Kathy Reich’s novel because they are very thrilling. This book is a pleasant mix between CSI and Antique Hunter. Kathy Reich’s plot changes into multiple exciting plots that eventually all come together and tie off into a nice neat little package. I would suggest this book to anyone as it is quite amazing, and is now one of my favorite books.