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 Reichs, Kathy
| What is the name of Kathy Reichs' first book which introduces her main character, Temperance (Tempe) Brennan? | Kathy Reichs' Novels
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Deja Dead. The titles represent Kathy Reichs' first four books. In order, they are Deja Dead (1997), Death Du Jour (1999), Deadly Decisions (2000), Fatal Voyage (2001).
anthropology. Like her character, Kathy Reichs is a forensic anthropologist. She is one of only 50 forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and is on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Quebec. Tempe works for the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Quebec, as does the author, Kathy Reichs.
University of North Carolina in Charlotte. Tempe is a professor of anthropology for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, as is the author. Kathy Reichs is also a forensic anthropologist for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the State of North Carolina.
| According to the first book, Tempe has an addiction which she appears to have successfully beaten. What was her addiction? | Kathy Reichs' Novels
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alcohol. According to a newspaper interview, Kathy Reichs said "I wanted to give Temperance some texture, some weaknesses. Maybe in the future she'll fall off the wagon. You have to be careful, though – I introduced her in "Deja Dead" as not having drunk in seven years as at April 1997. If you date each book your character ages really quick!" However, in the opening lines of the book, the date is set at Thursday, June 2, 1994, and at the end of Chapter Two, Tempe states "It'd been six years since I'd had a drink".
Katy. Katy is Tempe's daughter by her ex-husband, Pete. Gabby is a friend from college days in the 1970s. Harriet is Tempe's younger sister. (Lucy is the niece of Kay Scarpetta, Patricia Cornwell's main character).
| Kathy Reichs' first book is about a serial killer and is based on which real-life case? | Kathy Reichs' Novels
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Serge Archambault. "Deja Dead" was based on the serial killer Serge Archambault who committed several murders in Montreal in 1992. Kathy Reichs was involved in the retrieval and examination of the corpse of the first victim. It was a skeleton which had been expertly dismembered. Serge Archambault was a butcher and had the skills necessary to dismember the skeleton at the joints. Most killers cut the limbs off above or below the joints.
| In the 1990's, the Archdiocese in Montreal asked Kathy Reichs to exhume and verify the remains of Jeanne LeBer, a nun who had been buried in 1714 and had been proposed for sainthood. This case was the basis for which of her novels? | Kathy Reichs' Novels
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Death Du Jour. Jeanne LeBer had been exhumed three times over three centuries and was not buried alone. However, Reichs was able to identify her. Some of the evidence included "arthritic remodelling indicating she'd spent a lot of time kneeling. I also found classic grooving in her teeth where she had been pulling thread through her teeth, year after year, sewing tapestries".
| Kathy Reichs' second novel deals with cult murder-suicides based on which real-life Swiss cult? | Kathy Reichs' Novels
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Solar Temple. "Death Du Jour" involved a story based on the Solar Temple cult. In 1994, five members of the Solar Temple cult were found dead in Quebec and another 47 were found in Switzerland. Some were suicides but most appeared to be murders. Kathy Reichs was involved in this case because the Canadian remains had been burned. By 1999, 74 deaths were directly linked to the Solar Temple cult, 11 of which were children.
| Kathy Reichs' third novel focuses on the work of the Wolverine Unit, a special police unit that deals with which group of people? | Kathy Reichs' Novels
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biker gangs. "Deadly Decisions" is Kathy Reichs' third novel. Quebec's Wolverine Squad is a special police unit formed in 1995 that deals with biker gangs and violence. According to Kathy Reichs, 120 people have either died or disappeared, including an 11-year-old boy, because of a turf war between biker gangs in Quebec.
| Asked to assist in the recovery and identification of plane crash victims, Temperance Brennan stumbles upon a body part that doesn't belong to any of the plane's passengers. What is the title of this book? | Novels by Kathy Reichs
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Fatal Voyage. The body part, a foot, belongs to a murder victim, who fell prey to a group of select people using canibalism during their initiation rites.
The novel is based on Reichs' work with disaster recovery.
| Temperance travels to Guatemala to assist in exhuming and identifying victims of the civil war, when she is asked to assist in the search of four young woman. Which book is this? | Novels by Kathy Reichs
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Grave Secrets. Kathy Reichs traveled to Guatemala as part of a human rights team and uncovered a mass grave filled with burned men, women, and children. She used this experience for the novel "Grave Secrets".
| Temperance fills in for a colleague, teaching a field class, and ends up investigating several murders, leading to a doctor selling organs. In which novel is all this happening? | Novels by Kathy Reichs
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Break No Bones. Tempe's life is in danger as she investigates. Someone throws a bottle at her head, her husband gets shot, and she gets threatend by an angry land developer. When she thinks all is under control, another attempt at her life is made.
| In which book is a 2000 year old skeleton found and Tempe travels to Israel to return the find? | Novels by Kathy Reichs
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Cross Bones. The premise of this book reminded me a lot of Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" where religious belief is put in question.
The novel weaves in Reichs' travel to Israel.
| The skeletons of three young women are found in the cellar of a pizza parlor. In which novel does this happen? | Novels by Kathy Reichs
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Monday Mourning. The real life case of skeletons found beneath a pizza parlor became a case for archeologists after carbon 14 dating placed the time of death prior to 1955.
| A serial murderer dismembers his victims and buries the different body parts in separate graves in which book? | Novels by Kathy Reichs
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Deja Dead. The book is based on Kathy Reichs' first serial murder investigation. It won the Arthur Ellis Award for first novels.
| Temperance investigates a house fire in Montreal and finds a link to a cult in Texas and South Carolina in which book? | Novels by Kathy Reichs
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Death Du Jour. This book draws on work Kathy Reichs did for the Catholic Church and mass murder/suicides by members of the Solar Temple.
| In which book is a biker gang responsible for several murders in Montreal, involving rival bikers as well as innocent bystanders? | Novels by Kathy Reichs
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Deadly Decisions. Les Hells Angels du Quebec and the bones Kathy Reichs investigated because of this biker group provided the inspiration for this book.
| Baby bones are found in a wood stove, the baby's mother disappeared. A small plane crashes in North Carolina, its passengers burnt beyond recognition. And then there are the remains unearthed by Boyd, Tempe's dog. In which book is all this happening? | Novels by Kathy Reichs
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Bare Bones. Kathy Reichs looked at moose remains for wildlife agents and added this experience to the book.
| Kathy Reichs' novels are available in many languages. What her first book, "Deja Dead" called in German? | Novels by Kathy Reichs
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Tote lügen nicht. "I Fryktens Grep" is the Norwegian title, "Deja Morta" is the Brazilian title, and "Pridem Ta Zabit" is the Slovakian title.
Radioactive dating/Carbon 14. Tempe believes the bones are recent and Dr. LaManche allows her to have the testing done.
Anne's digital camera and laptop. Anne, Tempe's best friend from North Carolina, came and visited Tempe. While they were at dinner someone (Anique Pomerleau) broke into Tempe's condo.
antique buttons. Claudel did not show Tempe the buttons until later. She had a friend look at the buttons and found that one of the buttons was a forgery.
feathers. Louise Parent had been trying to contact Tempe because she saw "Menard" chasing a girl. Parent died before she could actually tell this to Tempe, but her sister was able to tell her.
letter opener. They found two sets of prints on the letter opener. One set belong to Anique, but the other was not Menard's.
Convent. Anne left Tempe a note, but did not tell her where she went.
Anique Pomerleau. They first thought Catts killed himself, but there was no gunshot residue on his hands.
Ryan's daughter. Tempe thought Lily ('Prom Queen') was Ryan's new love.
| This novel starts with a rather gruesome image!
'I stared at the woman flying through the trees. Her head thrown forward, chin raised, arms flung backward like the tiny chrome goddess on the hood of a Rolls Royce. But the tree lady was naked and her body ended at the________ . What is the missing word? | Kathy Reichs' "Fatal Voyage"
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waist. What a visual picture that opening paragraph created!
North Carolina. From the description, a truly beautiful part of the world called Swain County, in the heart of the Smokey Mountains.
| Tempe is one of the first people on the scene. What is the name of the emergency response team that she is a part of? | Kathy Reichs' "Fatal Voyage"
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DMORT. DMORT is the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team
DMAT is the Disaster Medical Assistance Team
OEP is the Office of Emergency Preparedness
and finally NDMS is the National Disaster Medical System.
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