Reichs, Kathy

After a fatal airline crash in the mountains of North Carolina, Dr. Temperance Brennan heads to the site to help identify the victims, but the discovery of body parts that do not belong to any registered passenger leads the investigation into a dangerous confrontation.

Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan's plans for a long-overdue vacation with her boyfriend are delayed by some mysterious bones, a plane crash, and her daughter's new relationship.

Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan's plans for a long-overdue vacation with her boyfriend are delayed by some mysterious bones, a plane crash, and her daughter's new relationship.

John Lowry was declared dead in 1968-the victim of a Huey crash in Vietnam, his body buried long ago in North Carolina. Four decades later, Temperance Brennan is called to the scene of a drowing in Hemmingford Quebec. The corpse is later identified as John Lowry. It's up to Tempe to discover who the really John Lowry is.