Author

Publication

1999 - Thorndike Press, Thorndike, Me, Maine

Language

English

Word Count

158,000 words, Guess

Page Count

632 pages

Identifiers

and 8 more
  • ISBN-139780786219971
  • Goodreads1062102', '6011813
  • Library of Congress Control Number99026441
  • Better World BooksW6-AIX-996
  • Better World BooksW6-AXD-334
  • Better World BooksO7-AAF-498
  • Better World BooksO7-BHS-990
  • Open LibraryOL38364M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3568.E476345 D39 1999b

Description

"Assaulted by the bitter cold of a Montreal winter, the American-born Dr. Temperance Brennan, Forensic Anthropologist for the Province of Quebec, digs for a corpse where Sister Elisabeth Nicolet, dead for over a century and now a candidate for sainthood, should be lying in her grave. A strange, small coffin, buried in the recesses of a decaying church, holds the first clue to the cloistered nun's fate."--BOOK JACKET. "The puzzle surrounding Sister Elisabeth Nicolet's life and death provides a welcome contrast to discoveries at a burning chalet, where scorched and twisted bodies await Tempe's professional expertise. Who were these people? What brought them to this gruesome fate? And where are the children?"--BOOK JACKET. "Homicide Detective Andrew Ryan, with whom Tempe has a combustive history, joins her in the arson investigation. From the fire scene they are drawn into the worlds of an enigmatic and controversial sociologist, a mysterious commune, and a primate colony on a Carolina island. Tempe is overwhelmed by the case, confused by her mounting attraction to Ryan, and plagued by worries about her sister Harry's search for spiritual awakening."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

Other Editions

  • Death du jourThorndike Press1999-01-01
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