Dr. Temperance "Tempe" Brennan is a forensic anthropologist and is a lecturer at the University of Charlotte (North Carolina, USA). She is also employed in the summer and semester breaks at the Forensic Institute of Montreal (Canada). Tempe swings back and forth between these worlds.

 

Dr. Brennan investigates cases often characterized by special cruelty. They sometimes include small children or babies as victims of which usually only skeletons or single bones are found.

 

The offenders are usually psychopaths who kill out of pure bloodlust. She is a very dedicated woman who has always worked with full dedication and worked until she dropped if necessary or if she sees this as a need.

 

During these investigations, Tempe is endangered every now and again, because she often does not take into account the entire scope of her actions. She has not drunk a drop of alcohol since the separation from her husband, Pete. She loves sports, jogging and going to the gym.

 

The investigations at the forensic institute are described in detail by the author Kathy Reichs and scientific terms are explained soberly. As the stories play partly in French Canada, French phrases or whole sentences are often incorporated in the story.

 

Other Characters

Pete - her ex-husband.

 

Katy – Tempe’s daughter, who studies English and psychology in Charlottesville

Harriet "Harry" – Tempe’s sister, 2 years younger, lives in Houston, something always in high spirits, very good looking, at least 5 times married and divorced, receives an allowance from the very rich father of her son, has been active in various professions, including Saint Bernard breeder, Pizza Hut manager, selling designer sunglasses, Yucatan tour guide, real estate agent, organizer of safaris in a hot-air-balloon.

 

Kit, actually Christopher Howard - Tempe's nephew, son of Tempe’s sister, Harry, and her former husband Howard Howard. (Howard Howard was abandoned as a baby in an orphanage and has become an oil magnate.) Kit receives from his father a lot of money and received from him a 16-meter yacht.

 

Andrew Ryan - Lieutenant-Detective of the Homicide Department at Quebec. Unreal blue eyes and wild past, before moving over to the side of the law.

 

Luc Claudel - Homicide Quebec. Properly dressed, very tense relationship with Tempe.

 

Birdie – Tempe’s Cat.

 

Books about Dr. Temperance „Tempe“ Brennan

Deja Dead

Death du Jour

Deadly Decisions

Fatal Voyage

Grave Secrets

Bare Bones

Monday Mourning

Cross Bones

Break No Bones

Bones to Ashes

Devil Bones

206 Bones

Spider Bones

Flash and Bones

Bones Are Forever