Kathy Reichs

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Kathy Reichs

Fatal Voyage

Deadly Decisions

Death du Jour

by Kathy Reichs

About the Author

Bibliography

Audio Tape Random House Audio (2001)

Fatal Voyage
When a plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina, forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan is called in to painstakingly identify the victims.
But a chance discovery concerns her; a severed foot, found away from the main crash site. A deserted house nearby is buried so deep in the woods locals claim not to know 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 and Tempe has to fight to save her professional standing. Air tragedy aside, she fears another corpse lies somewhere in the woods. Pitting herself against a conspiracy of silence, Tempe vows to bring justice for her mystery victim ...
Katherine Borowitz has appeared in various films including Baby Boom and The World According to Garp. She also read Kathy Reich's previous novel Death Du Jour.
4 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 5 hrs Abridged by Sloane Seaman Produced by Elisa Shokoff

Audio Tape - Random House Audio (2000)

Deadly Decisions
See Review by Cath Staincliffe - Author of the highly acclaimed Sal Kilkenny Mysteries set on the Mean Streets of Manchester
Dr Temperance Brennan is teaching a body recovery course at FBI headquarters in Quantico when she is urgently recalled to Quebec. A vicious biker war is raging and two foot soldiers have blown themselves up. As forensic anthropologist for the state Tempe is responsible for identifying their remains. While she cares little for the motards themselves, Tempe becomes sickened and angry when the body of a nine-year-old girl is wheeled into the morgue, slain in hiker crossfire. She vows to fight this evil.
Then an exhumation brings to light a further mystery and Tempe works day and night to uncover the secrets that the bones guard. Bur can she do so before other innocents die in she escalating violence? And without her sparring partner Andrew Ryan to turn to for help, she finds herself increasingly vulnerable. Will she too make the wrong decision - a deadly decision?
'Better than Patricia Cornwell' Express on Sunday Katherine Borowitz has appeared in various films including Baby Boom and The World According to Garp. She also read Kathy Reich's previous novel Death Du Jour.
4 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 5 hrs Abridged by George Truett

Audio Tape Random House Audio (1999)

Death du Jour
The follow-up to the No:1 International bestseller Deja Dead
Read by Katherine Borowitz
March in Montreal: It is a bitterly cold night and in the eerie silence of an old church forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan digs carefully, exhuming the remains of a nun who died in 1888. Why has the coffin been disturbed? And what will Tempe discover when she lifts the rotting lid?
Just hours later, Tempe is called to the scene of an horrific arson: a young family has perished in mysterious circumstances. From the ruins of their house, to a trail of sinister cult activity and a terrifying showdown, Tempe gathers her evidence and confronts the terror of a killer out of control. 'Another day. Another death. Death du Jour. My God, how many such days would there be?'
Katherine Borowitz has appeared in various films including Baby Boom and The World According to Garp. Her stage performances include Cloud Nine, Arcadia, The Triumph of Love, and Hedda Gabler.
Published by William Heinemann in hardback
Produced and directed by Elisa Shokoff Abridged by Judith Benenson
Playing time approx 6 hours - four cassettes
Kathy Reichs's first novel Deja Dead was published in January 1998 and was without doubt the most successful crime debut ever. It went straight into the Sunday Times bestseller list at number one and stayed there for an unprecedented seven weeks, more than twice the length of time of the previous record-holder. It was also a number one bestseller in Ireland and Canada, and stayed in the New York Times bestseller list for eight weeks. It has currently sold over 300,000 copies. Minette Waiters described it as 'a brilliant novel. Unputdownable' and the Times wrote 'Deja Dead is terrific, terrifying in its own right, easily rising above Comwellian similarities...' This stunning debut novel took the publishing industry by storm.
Praise for D�ja Dead:
'A brilliant novel. Unputdownable' Minette Walters
'Without ever slowing the pace of an irresistibly compelling thriller Kathy Reichs shows us what it feels like being an ordinary woman in a profession in which murder is commonplace... Better than Patricia Cornwell' Sunday Express

About The Author
Kathy Reichs is forensic anthropologist for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of North Carolina, and the Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciare et de Medecine Legale for the province of Quebec, and has as a result part based her novels on her vast experience in the area of forensic science where she specialises in bones. At present she is one of only 50 people certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and very few of these are women. Like her leading character Dr Brennan, Kathy Reichs has to not only function but excel in the masculine world of law enforcement.
Kathy Reichs is often called upon to be an expert witness in criminal trials and it is her testimony which can sometimes make the difference between getting a conviction and not. She has recently returned from a trip to Tanzania and Rwanda where she was part of a team gathering evidence against those accused of genocide in the region. Due to the nature of her work death threats are not uncommon and she keeps the whereabouts of her family as secret as possible.
The last Katy Reichs novel, Deadly Decisions, sold over 128,000 in its Heinemann edition, while Deja Dead was the most successful crime fiction debut ever � a No 1. bestseller in the UK, Ireland and Canada, spending 3 months on the New York and Sunday Times lists, with a record-breaking 7 weeks at No 1. She divides her time between Charlotte, North Carolina, and Montreal.

Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

Fatal Voyage (Random House Audio, 2001) (Temperance Brennan)

Deadly Decisions (Random House Audio, 2000) (Temperance Brennan)

Death du Jour (Random House Audio, 1999) (Temperance Brennan)