Unfortunately, that's where the excitement ends for me. While the premise is interesting - a body is found of a man who apparently was determined to be dead forty years before - and it takes us to exotic climes (Hawaii) and there is an interesting subplot with Dr Brennan's daughter and the on-off relationship with a detective - all the interest I had got lost in trying to keep track of names and connections between characters who never even make an appearance in the story, only through dialogue spoken by the main characters.
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I think the only book I truly enjoyed of Kathy Reichs' was the first one; after that it seems to me that she takes some jargon, throws in a couple of 'common language' words like "thingy", and has Dr Brennan respond to situations more like a teenager would ("All righty then" and "Okey-dokey") instead of a professional woman, that it feels like she knows her job is difficult and her work vocabulary complicated so she attempts to come down to my level - and ends up talking down to me.
I appreciate that she uses humor when she can, especially when dealing with a subject like death, but with Kathy Reichs it seems forced.
There are better writers with medical degrees who manage to clarify a situation without using unnecessarily difficult words while not talking down to the reader.
I got very frustrated with the pace of the story and the language used, (including breaking the fourth wall), that I doubt I will be reading any of her upcoming books. But if you're looking for a light beach read, give this a go.
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