BONES ARE FOREVER

Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan's involvement with the diamond mining industry starts with three dead infants and the disappearance of their mother. Narrator Barbara Rosenblat (is there any type of book she cannot do?) keeps this hodgepodge of a mystery on track as it moves from Montreal to the remote town of Yellowknife, picking up and dropping characters along the way. Subplots include Brennan’s love life—her law enforcement colleagues include two past lovers—and her daughter’s news of a big life decision. Rosenblat performs at her usual high level. In her unmistakable smoky voice she distinctly delivers the many characters and shepherds listeners through Reichs’s exposition on the diamond industry. G.S.D. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2012]