When a plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina, Tempe Brennan is one of the first on the scene. As a forensic anthropologist for the state, she serves on the region's disaster response team. The task that confronts her is a sad and sickening one. Putting normal life on hold, she and her colleagues must painstakingly identify the victims. A chance discovery concerns her: a severed foot, well away from the main crash site. A deserted house close by is buried so deep in the woods that locals claim to know nothing of its existence. And her examination of the foot throws up more questions than it answers. Before she can make any progress, an anonymous accusation is levelled against her. Tempe must fight to save her professional standing. But she fears that, air tragedy aside, another corpse lies somewhere in the woods. Pitting herself against a conspiracy of silence, Tempe is determined to bring justice for her mystery victim...
Temperence is on her way to somewhere else when a plane crash casues her to detour. She's first on the scene and she's worried when she finds out that some of the victims are from her daughter's school. Add to that the fact that she can't contact her daughter and you have some of the stress of this story.
Another stress is the lack of backing from her bosses as things get sticky and the partner of a friend being on the flight.
Then she finds an extra foot and things start to get even more complicated.
Interesting but somehow lacking.
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