Deja Dead: A Novel

Kathy Reichs

May 1999 · A Temperance Brennan Novel Book 1 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this eBook

From the New York Times bestselling author of Speaking in Bones, the first Temperance Brennan novel in the “cleverly plotted and expertly maintained series” (The New York Times Book Review).

Her life is devoted to justice—even for those she never knew.

In the year since Temperance Brennan left behind a shaky marriage in North Carolina, work has often preempted her weekend plans to explore Quebec. When a female corpse is discovered meticulously dismembered and stashed in trash bags, Temperance detects an alarming pattern—and she plunges into a harrowing search for a killer. But her investigation is about to place those closest to her—her best friend and her own daughter—in mortal danger…

“A genius at building suspense” (Daily News, New York), Kathy Reichs’s Temperance Brennan books are ripe with intricate settings and memorable characters” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).

Ratings and reviews

At first I read this novel because of the TV show labeled across the top of the book reading "From the author who inspired the FOX TV show BONES", a show I watch almost religiously. I had no idea however that this book would captivate my mind for hours at a time, sucking me in deeper with every word, and leaving me in an addictive "can't get enough" mode after every chapter! The only difficulty was the occasional French terms, but after getting into the book, its barely noticeable.

I have been watching bones for years and wanted to start a series of books. So why not these. Deja dead was an amazing read and has got me hooked on all of them. The only suggestion if you watch the show is go in knowing nothing's the same as the show it took me part of deja dead to get out of my own way and once I did its so worth it :-)

This was a pretty good book. Meticulously detailed and definitely well-paced and exciting, too. Still, it was not exactly what I was expecting after watching the television show, _Bones_. There really aren't very many similarities at all which was fine, I was just surprised. The book was a lot darker and a lot less charming than the show. The book's plot was quite good and had me guessing to the end. Really, my main complaint was that I didn't really like the main character very much... she was a bit annoying and some of her actions frustrated me to no end! Not to mention she wasn't a very good friend or mother. She put things off to often and ignored things that drove me crazy!! But I am interest to see where this series goes, so I will continue reading her books, but I am not dying to read the next installment.

About the author

Kathy Reichs’s first novel Déjà Dead, published in 1997, won the Ellis Award for Best First Novel and was an international bestseller. Fire and Bones is Reichs’s twenty-third novel featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Reichs was also a producer of Fox Television’s longest running scripted drama, Bones, which was based on her work and her novels. One of very few forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, Reichs divides her time between Charlotte, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina. Visit her at KathyReichs.com or follow her on Twitter @KathyReichs, Instagram @KathyReichs, or Facebook @KathyReichsBooks.