I am a big fan of Kathy Reichs and everything  forensics-related but ashamed to admit I’ve not read any of her books for quite a while. I found this one a bit difficult to get in to and found it a bit hard-going at times. I was a bit disappointed that she took on the role of police investigator rather than her usual day job. 
At times  I got a bit confused with, what at times, seemed a bit of a complicated storyline involving a mysterious unidentified body, child abductions and possible links to child sexual abuse , while some of the technology parts went straight over my head. 
Aside from this I did enjoy the book  and am grateful to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy to review.
I look forward to the next instalment in the life of Temperance Brennan, hopefully involving more forensic anthropology.

The story was quite convoluted and certainly made me feel like it was part novel, part fever dream. An enjoyable enough novel, but a disappointment for a Kathy Reichs fan. I think the Tempe character has maybe had her day - a forensic anthropologist not doing any forensics or anthropology seems to be stretching the series beyond its best.

A welcome return by Kathy Reichs. I felt the book had a slow start and it took a little to get going but once I got into the book, I had to keep reading until I’d finished. A great addition to the Temperance Brennan series and I look forward to the next one!

An enjoyable read that isn’t as fast paced as some previous books. I found parts of the storyline tricky to follow (Tempe’s missing time) and would have liked to see that addressed. Nevertheless it was a good read.

I have to say this is the first Kathy Reich's book that I have not finished.  I have read and enjoyed all the Temp books but I just couldn't get into this at all and started to just skim through it.  She seems to be following in the footsteps of Patricia Cornwell with Kay Scarpetta. I loved her books until she just seemed to change the Character into someone else.   Please bring back the Temp we all know and love and doing what she does best.

It's been a while since I have read a book by this author. A good story but unfortunately bogged down with technology which really spoiled it for me. Temperance spent more time playing detective. A very busy read which had me rereading as I was getting confused. I am sure we all have our favourite books from this author for me I am afraid this is not one of them. Saying that I am sure other readers will enjoy it more just not for me. 
Thanks to Simon and Schuster UK and Netgalley for the ARC.

As always with this long-running series, an enjoyable read.  Well-written and well-researched, the only drawback is that this particular story gets bogged down in technology.  Tempe Brennan is involved in a less official capacity than normal and she is more central to developments than is necessary.

A continuation of the temperance Brennan series.
The story is a mixture of Tempe’s personal and work lives and the struggles with her boss, her health and a case to solve, except it isn’t her case. Teaming up with skinny and taking plenty of risk they work to solve the case of the  mysterious body found.
The ID of the body leads to a bigger crime and conspiracy, which I didn’t feel as though it had been told in the most exciting ways, pace was seriously lacking as well as any truly interesting characters that weren’t already known to us and even then I’m not sure I was all that keen on them.
By the end everything is all wrapped up in a neat little bow thanks to Brennan and skinny....or is it!?

If this is the 19th Temperance Brennan book then that's how many I've read.  I've enjoyed every one of them - though, of course, some more than others.  This is definitely a goody.  Tempe is struggling - as our author has been.  Many times questions of mortality are raised - it made me think of my own.

Loved it

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher I read an advance review copy of the book.  This review is voluntary, honest and my own opinions.

A welcome return by Kathy Reichs. I felt the book had a slow start and it took a little to get going but once I got into the book, I had to keep reading until I’d finished. A great addition to the Temperance Brennan series and I look forward to the next one!

I have read almost all of Kathy Reichs titles and this is very much in line with her other titles.   She is the queen of her genre I think and while this case has the added complexity of her being out of favour with her new boss,  she continues to the successful outcome she usually enjoys!

I have been reading Kathy Reichs books since the beginning and although I have missed the last few it was really easy to get back into Tempe’s adventures.
The story is gripping although I did find the references to all the different characters and their stories a bit confusing. It would also have been nice to see what Tempe’s does best, which is working with bodies and forensics rather than just play detective with Slidell.
Tempe is her usual stubborn self that does her best to resolve the mystery while getting herself into trouble. It would also have been nice to see a bit more of Ryan, since they’re meant to be making a go of it, but judging by the ending that might come in future books.
All in all this is another great books by Kathy Reichs although not one of her best hence the four stars.
Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster UK.

I have been a fan of this series since book one, and this latest addition did not disappoint. Great stories that are both entertaining and educational; what more could you want?

Temperance Brennan is a forensic anthropologist and is recovering from neurosurgery to remove an aneurysm. She is battling nightmares and migraines. She receives a series of text messages and can't be sure if she is hallucinating. But then the subject of the messages turns up, a corpse, and her investigation begins. She questions the link to a decade old missing child case and why the faceless man was carrying the name of a missing child. 

This one was such a fantastic who done it and I absolutely love a police procedural. It had me hooked from the beginning. I may have enjoyed a little more wrap up at the end, but overall such a great novel.

I have been following Tempe Brennan since her first outing and so I always eagerly await her next outing. 
Tempe is pushed to her limits both physically and emotionally this time and it's difficult to see the usually indomitable forensic anthropologist doubt herself, but it says a lot about how emotionally invested in this series I have become! 
As always, a great read and an enthusiastic recommendation from me!

#AConspiracyofBones #NetGalley I love the Tempe Brennan series from Kathy Reichs and have followed it from the start.  It is a while since I read the last one so I was eagerly awaiting this one.  Whilst I wouldn't go so far as to say I was disappointed, for me whilst still being a good story, this was not one of the better ones.  I would have preferred more of the medical and forensic detail that Tempe is famous for.  In this book , she is more into research and playing detective with Slidell.  Still well written, there was perhaps not enough action for me and I ddi get bogged down a bit in some of the technical descriptive passages.  Also would have like to have seen more of Ryan! All that being said, I still enjoyed the book and finished it in a little over a day.  At the end the author gives some background to the story and characters and talks about her own health issue which may explain the direction of this book.  I still eagerly await the next in this series!

“A Conspiracy of Bones” is the 19th book in Kathy Reichs’ Temperance Brennan series of books. In this we see Brennan struggling to deal with her own health problems whilst butting heads with Tim Larabee’s replacement in the Charlotte lab. When she is mysteriously sent pictures of a faceless victim she is determined to solve the case but the matter becomes personal when there are links to an old case involving a missing child and the faceless man had Brennan’s phone number. Brennan is determined to get to the bottom of it. 

I originally started reading Reichs’ books because I was a fan of the TV show “Bones”, which also features Temperance Brennan, although I quickly realised the show is more of a homage to Reichs herself rather than an adaptation of the books but I still enjoyed them and soon found myself hooked. 

The latest one has a lot of the elements I love about the series; an intriguing crime, interesting characters and Brennan getting stuck in and going above and beyond to solve the mystery, although one of my favourite things is the interplay between Ryan and Brennan and seeing their relationship develop over the series so I was a little disappointed that he was missing for most of this one but he did put in a small appearance, which was nice. 

I really enjoyed the conspiracy aspect and thought the character of Nick Body was very topical with there being several angry, conspiracy theorists with very popular radio shows and podcasts currently. I think in this era of fake news and misdirection that he was, sadly, very realistic. I wonder how many of the real ones are like him and don’t really believe the lies they spew. 

Reichs’ writing was definitely up to her usual standard. She grabs your attention from the start and keeps you gripped right til the end with a few twists and turns along the way. 

My only real complaint would be the ending. I felt I had invested a lot in the story and the ending felt a little rushed to me. It seemed as though just when the truth was starting to come out Brennan left for Canada and we only got the last bits of information revealed via telephone calls from Slidell. It just seemed like an odd decision to me. 

On the whole I prefer true crime to crime fiction but Reichs’ books are always so well researched and the crimes so intriguing and well written that I love these ones almost as much as true crime books. Reichs’ has a knack for making them seem so real. I also like the notes she includes at the end where she talks about where the ideas come from.

I loved the TV series bones but always thought the books were better. They are so different and “bones” is not the same as she is in the books. 
This book fell a little short for me, like all long series I just felt the beginning books really held my interest and then this book felt a little far fetched for my likely.

I’m so pleased Tempe is back. I’ve waited a long time to hear her story again. I like that Kathy Reichs hasn’t just picked up where the last booked stopped and identifies the time that has passed.

Kathy Reichs is an absolute favourite author, as are the stories of Temperance Brennan. This is an unusual one. Temperance finds herself sidelined when a new head of department doesnt appreciate her talents and takes against her. When a man is found dead with his face clearly scavanged by animals she is warned off the case. Of course, this doesn't stop Temperance from investigating. She's brave, sassy and ouspoken which is why I love her. More please. Thank you for the ARC.