驚悚大師傑佛瑞.迪佛盛讚:
凱絲.萊克斯的故事總能讓你迫不及待翻到下一頁!
這一回,連最會「玩骨頭」的女人也玩不下去了?!
《紐約時報》熱門暢銷書!亞馬遜書店讀者★★★★讚不絕口!
隨著閃電、落雷與傾盆大雨,
那只神秘的金屬圓桶被駭人的陰霾籠罩,
隱隱約約,透出死亡的獨特味道……
他的死狀怪異,身軀被塞進一個金屬圓桶中,赤裸而蜷曲地懸浮在黑色固狀物裡。他的五官猙獰、骨骼扭曲變形,腹部向下凹陷呈現綠色,一隻手卻向上高舉,五指用力撐開,彷彿重現死前最後的掙扎……
正當二十萬賽車迷蜂湧而入,準備迎接一年一度的NASCAR大賽車之際,緊臨賽車道的垃圾場裡卻意外發現了一桶「白骨」!
女法醫唐普接手調查,但除了在死者身上驗出罕見的蓖麻毒素外,其他線索一無所獲!既沒有指紋紀錄,也沒有任何可供比對的DNA。
唐普束手無策,卻接二連三地有人前來「認屍」--賽車維修員韋恩的姐姐和男友多年前離奇失蹤,這會是他們其中一人嗎?賽車場的保全主任卡登則受託來確認這具屍體是否是在賽車場神秘失蹤的疾病管制局人員泰德?更啟人疑竇的是,就連FBI也突然找上門來「關切」此案,彷彿想掩蓋事情的真相!
隨著案情逐漸深入,疑點也越來越多,唐普感覺到有一雙眼睛正躲在暗處窺視這一切,伺機而動!直到一通深夜的不明來電,電話那頭只說了一個陌生的名字:伊萊.韓德……
---中文簡介擷取自中譯本《第一桶白骨》,皇冠出版
#1 New York Times bestseller From extremist groups to NASCAR to forensic twists, Temperance Brennan is back in a turbo-charged story of secrets and murder.
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Producer of the FOX television hit Bones KATHY REICHS accelerates the suspense in NASCAR country, where Dr. Temperance Brennan reignites a stalled federal case with explosive forensic clues--to murder.
She lived for speed--and vanished without a trace. . . .
As 200,000 fans pour into town for Race Week, a body is found in a metal drum near Charlotte Motor Speedway--a discovery that has NASCAR crewman Wayne Gamble urgently seeking out Tempe at the Mecklenburg County ME's office: twelve years ago, his sister, Cindi, then a high school senior and aspiring professional race car driver, disappeared along with her boyfriend, Cale Lovette, who was linked to a group of right-wing extremists. The FBI joined the investigation, but it was soon terminated. Is the body Cindi's? Or Cale's? Tests reveal that a toxic substance was in the drum with the body--just as another disappearance occurs. Who is orchestrating the mayhem behind the scenes at NASCAR--and what government secrets might have been buried more than a decade ago?