The evidence is irrefutable: In sixteen New York Times bestsellers over the course of as many years, Kathy Reichs has proven herself “a genius at building suspense” (New York Daily News). In forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, Reichs has created a detective fiction heroine who’s brilliant to the bone. “Every minute in the morgue with Tempe is golden,” says The New York Times Book Review. In the acclaimed author’s thrilling new novel, Brennan is at the top of her game in a battle of wits against the most monstrous adversary she has ever encountered. Unexpectedly called in to the Charlotte PD’s Cold Case Unit, Dr. Temperance Brennan wonders why she’s been asked to meet with a homicide cop who’s a long way from his own jurisdiction. The shocking answer: Two child murders, separated by thousands of miles, have one thing in common—the killer. Years ago, Anique Pomerleau kidnapped and murdered a string of girls in Canada, then narrowly eluded capture. It was a devastating defeat for her pursuers, Brennan and police detective Andrew Ryan. Now, as if summoned from their nightmares, Pomerleau has resurfaced in the United States, linked to victims in Vermont and North Carolina. When another child is snatched, the reign of terror promises to continue—unless Brennan can rise to the challenge and make good on her second chance to stop a psychopath. But Brennan will have to draw her bitter ex-partner out of exile, keep the local police and feds from one another’s throats, and face more than just her own demons as she stalks the deadliest of predators into the darkest depths of madness. In Bones Never Lie, Kathy Reichs never fails to satisfy readers looking for psychological suspense that’s more than skin-deep.

無庸置疑，多年來，凱絲．萊克斯以十六本長駐《紐約時報》暢銷排行榜著作證明了自已是「營造懸疑氣氛的天才」（引述自《紐約每日新聞》）。作者創造熟悉人類骨骼結構的正義女偵探，就是法醫人類學家唐普蘭絲．布蘭納一角，《紐約時報》書評更說，閱讀本書時「與主角在太平間查案的每分每秒既特別又刺激」。備受尊崇的作者推出戰慄新作，本書故事高潮圍繞在布蘭納醫生如何與前所未見的凶惡對手鬥智辦案，布蘭納醫生接到夏洛特警局懸案調查部來電，正當她疑惑，為何負責調查謀殺案的刑警要不遠千里到轄區外與她會面，令人震驚的事實是，兩起相隔幾千英里的孩童謀殺案卻有著一個共同點，凶手是同一人，多年前，安妮琪．波莫略在加拿大犯下一連串女童撕票案，警方始終無法將她逮捕到案，這起案件也令布蘭納醫生與安德魯．雷恩警探感到十分挫敗，現在，宛如是惡夢重現，波莫略又再度於美國犯案，受害者線索指向凶手就在佛蒙特州與北卡羅萊納州一帶，而今又一名孩童遭綁，恐懼情緒再度漫延眾人心中，除非布蘭納醫生沉著應對，抓緊難得機會成功阻止這名瘋子。但隨著布蘭納醫生一步步跟著線索追查，她不僅要拯救滿懷仇恨的拍擋免於自我放逐，還要避免當地警方與聯邦調查幹員的衝突，更要面對自已心中的陰暗面，小心翼翼對付這名凶狠瘋狂的殺童凶手。在《Bones Never Lie》一書中，作者凱絲．萊克斯再一次滿足讀者深究罪犯心理剖析的好奇心。