Monday Mourning

Internationally acclaimed forensic anthropologist and New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs explores Stockholm syndromeΓÇöthe psychology of a captive submitting to the ideology of a captorΓÇöin this mesmerizing new thriller. The bones of three young women are unearthed in the basement of a Montreal pizza parlor,and forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan has unsolved murder on her mind as she examines the shallowly buried remains. Coming up against a homicide cop who is convinced the dead have been entombed on the site for centuriesTempe persevereseven as her own relationship with Detective Andrew Ryan is at a delicate turning point. In the labthe cleanwell-preserved bones offer few clues. But when carbon-14 dating confirms her hunch that these were recent deaths despite the antique buttons found near the bodiesTempe finds herself drawn deep into a web of evil from which there may be no escape. Women have disappearednever to return…and she may be next.