{"product_id":"evil-bones-by-kathy-reichs-9781398531260","title":"Evil Bones","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmall animals – a rat, a rabbit, a squirrel – have been turning up throughout Charlotte, North Carolina, mutilated and displayed in the same bizarre manner. But one day, as Tempe is relaxing at home alongside her aimless, moody great-niece Ruthie, she’s diverted by a disturbing call. Now, it seems, the perp is upping the ante. This find is larger. Could the remains be human?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTempe visits the scene and discovers that the victim is a dog. Someone’s pet. As someone who has always found animal cruelty deeply abhorrent, she vows to help apprehend the person responsible for the killings. With her layered knowledge of animal behaviour, Ruthie becomes a valuable ally in the hunt for answers, as does semi-retired homicide detective Erskine ‘Skinny’ Slidell, who is equally outraged and committed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNeeding a better understanding of possible motives, Tempe and Skinny seek input from a forensic psychologist, who has no definitive answer but offers several possibilities. The escalating pattern of aggression suggests even more macabre discoveries – and that the perp’s focus may soon shift to humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then it happens. A woman is found disfigured and posed in a manner that mimics the earlier killings. As Tempe and Slidell follow the horrifying clues to a shocking conclusion, they find themselves force to confront an increasingly terrifying question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is pure evil?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kathy Reichs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009254478165,"sku":"004598","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0877\/7462\/6133\/files\/9781398531260_ed90f9b7-39a4-43dd-a952-033b78bc8c73.jpg?v=1779796895","url":"https:\/\/www.gumshoebooks.com\/products\/evil-bones-by-kathy-reichs-9781398531260","provider":"Gumshoe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}