SPIDER BONES

SPIDER BONES, which features forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, made famous in the television series “Bones,” is a book worthy of the attention its level of detail demands. The story starts out with a mystery: A man has just been drowned in a strange circumstance, but his fingerprints indicate that he’s a U.S. soldier who was killed in Vietnam 40 years earlier. As Brennan tries to figure out the case, it grows more complex with every moment. Narrator Linda Emond proves to be a flexible narrator who is able to make the occasional flood of scientific jargon sound compelling. But the complicated plot requires the listener’s full attention. Emond is equally adept at bringing to life the car chases, shootings, and other exciting action that takes place outside the lab. M.S. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2010]