Following her most successful book to date, Kathy Reichs -- international number one bestselling author, forensic anthropologist, and producer of the Fox television hit "Bones" -- returns to Charlotte, North Carolina, where Temperance Brennan encounters a deadly mix of voodoo, Santeria, and devil worship in her quest to identify two young victims.In a house under renovation, a plumber uncovers a cellar no one knew about, and makes a rather grisly discovery -- a decapitated chicken, animal bones, and cauldrons containing beads, feathers, and other relics of religious ceremonies. In the center of the shrine, there is the skull of a teenage girl. Meanwhile, on a nearby lakeshore, the headless body of a teenage boy is found by a man walking his dog.Nothing is clear -- neither when the deaths occurred, nor where. Was the skull brought to the cellar or was the girl murdered there? Why is the boy's body remarkably well preserved? Led by a preacher turned politician, citizen vigilantes blame devil worshippers and Wiccans. They begin a witch hunt, intent on seeking revenge.Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan -- "five-five, feisty, and forty-plus" -- is called in to investigate, and a complex and gripping tale unfolds in this, Kathy Reichs's eleventh taut, always surprising, scientifically fascinating mystery.With a popular series on Fox -- now in its third season and in full syndication -- Kathy Reichs has established herself as the dominant talent in forensic mystery writing. "Devil Bones" features Reichs's signature blend of forensic descriptions that "chill to the bone" ("Entertainment Weekly") and the surprising plot twists that have made her books phenomenal bestsellers in the United States and around the world.

凱西•萊剋斯，有一連串驚人的頭銜，與之相比，暢銷書作傢算是最普普通通的一個瞭。她身兼美國北卡羅來納州醫事檢查處的刑事人類學傢和北卡羅來納大學社會人類學教授，以及加拿大魁北剋省犯罪暨法醫研究所的法醫。她是全美刑事人類學協會十五名檢定閤格的法醫之一，也是美國法醫科學協會的成員，並擔任刑事審判的常任專傢證人。

隻是利用業餘時間寫作，她的第一本小說就登上瞭《紐約時報》的暢銷排行榜，更榮獲1997年的“阿瑟•埃利斯”最佳處女作小說奬。而相繼問世的12本布倫南係列，本本均登上暢銷排行榜，並成為國際級暢銷書。根據她的小說改編的電視劇《識骨尋蹤》在FOX電視颱播放瞭五季，其轉播權已經成功銷售給世界各大電視颱。