Books like Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs

Dr. Temperance Brennan travels to Guatemala to help families identify the 23 victims of a 1982 village massacre. While excavating the well where soldiers buried the bodies, she discovers a child's hip bone and other evidence of brutal violence. An urgent satellite call brings new danger: her colleagues are attacked and the team must protect themselves while the Guatemalan police seek her expertise on a separate case. Four young women have disappeared from Guatemala City, including one close to the Canadian ambassador, and some remains have surfaced in a septic tank. Working with Special Crimes Investigator Bartolome Galiano and Montreal detective Andrew Ryan, Brennan tackles a complex web of corruption, greed, and potentially lethal power plays. The story follows her as she assembles forensic evidence—from fetal bones to cat hair DNA—while navigating threats that extend beyond Guatemala’s borders.

First publish date: 2002