{"id":1029,"date":"2009-03-16T11:48:59","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T16:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2021-06-02T19:35:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T23:35:40","slug":"grave-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1029","title":{"rendered":"Grave Secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grave Secrets<\/em> (2002) Kathy Reichs<\/a><\/p>\n

\"grave_secrets_reichs\"<\/a>Tempe is is Guatemala working to recovery the bodies of “the Disappeared” who were kidnapped and\/or killed during the Guatemalan civil war. Not only is the work itself depressing, but two of her co-workers are attacked, and upon discovering her previous work, ask her to assist in the recovery of a body believed to be a teenage girl.<\/p>\n

Although all of the Tempe Brennan books are dark to some degree, Grave Secrets<\/em> is darker and more depressing because of the nature of the work Tempe was doing in Guatemala–the recovery of mass graves of women and children. However, I appreciated the seriousness and her willingness to write about such are dark and horrible subject.<\/p>\n

Of course the recovery work is only the background for the main murders and mystery, and the mystery in Grave Secrets<\/em> was very good. I think this may be the strongest book in the series so far. <\/p>\n

About the only thing that bothered me was Tempe’s relationship with Andrew Ryan. Every book seems to end with her making a decision to involve herself with Ryan, and then at the start of the next book she’s back to confusion and not knowing what the heck she’s doing. Grrr… <\/p>\n

I get the feeling that Kathy Reichs simply likes Tempe being single, which is understandable, but after a reading binge on Tempe books, I’m getting frustrated by her vacillation.<\/p>\n

Aside from that, this was an excellent book, and perhaps one of the strongest books in the series so far. I liked the seriousness of addressing the Guatemalan Disappeared, and I thought the mystery was very well done. <\/p>\n

You should also be able to read Grave Secrets<\/em> without having read any of the previous books in the series.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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