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Hazel "Lucky" Strike, an internet‑based investigator of cold cases, brings a troubling recording to renowned forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. The tape contains a girl’s voice that Strike believes belongs to 18‑year‑old Cora Teague, who vanished three years earlier. Brennan, skeptical at first, is drawn into the case when the evidence points to the missing girl’s remains in her lab. Together they track the clues deep into the backwoods, where the recording and perhaps the bones were found.
Set against the backdrop of modern forensic science, the story unfolds as the duo confronts the disturbing world of cults and the unsolved mysteries that lie beneath the surface.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Kathy Reichs
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