206 Bones (Temperance Brennan #12)

Tempe Brennan has awoken to find her hands and feet bound together, a searing pain shooting up her left leg. Her head spins as consciousness takes full effect and the sickening realisation dawns that she's trapped, as if buried in a coffin. Slowly she begins to remember ... Tempe and Lieutenant Ryan had accompanied the recently discovered remains of a missing heiress from Montreal to the Chicago morgue. It all seemed routine, until Tempe is unexpectedly accused of mishandling the autopsy - and the case. Someone has made an incriminating phone call. But before Tempe can get to him, the one man with information about the call turns up dead. As Tempe pursues the case of the heiress and a new case that may or may not be related, Reichs conveys the incredible devastation that would occur if a forensic colleague sabotaged work in the laboratory. The chemistry between Tempe and Ryan intensifies while the tale unfolds in this taut, riveting mystery. Reichs is writing at the top of her game.