I never got hooked on her (many) Temperance Brennan Books.

BUT gave it another try.

I’m still not convinced. Reichs writes in an interesting, unusual style.

But the plot of this one was not convincing. The killer simply surprising. There was no ah ha twist to the story.

Fire and Bones (2024) by Kathy Reichs is 23rd in the series.

… forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan finds herself at the center of a Washington, DC, arson investigation with deepening levels of mystery and, ultimately, violence. …

The devastated building is in Foggy Bottom, a neighborhood with a colorful past and present, and when Tempe delves into the property’s history, she becomes suspicious about the ownership.

The pieces start falling into place strangely and quickly, and, sensing a good story, Tempe teams with a new ally, telejournalist Ivy Doyle.

Soon the duo learns that back in the 1930s and ’40s the home was the hangout of a group of bootleggers and racketeers known as the Foggy Bottom Gang.

While interesting, this fact seems irrelevant—until the son of a Foggy Bottom gang member is shot dead at his home in an affluent part of the district. Coincidence? Targeted attack? …