I break no bones. I am a healer.

23. Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs

I've definitely developed a taste for Kathy Reichs's series, though I never can seem to read them in order. Reichs is a forensic anthropologist who writes novels about a forensic anthropologist. In book #9, our heroine Temperence "Tempe" (as in Arizona) Brennan has been wrangled into teaching a two week field anthropology course at a barrier island off the coast of South Carolina. On their next to last day digging, one of Tempe's students finds skeletal remains that are not like the rest -- not deeply buried, not jumbled, not prehistoric. This single find sends her down a rabbit hole of missing street people with her estranged husband Pete and lover Ryan along for the ride. As usual, Reichs keeps you guessing until the end.

LOVE this series!