Authors: Kathy Reichs
Deadly Decisions
“Fans of TV’s
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
should be in heaven” (
People
)
stepping into the world of forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, star of Kathy Reichs’ electrifyingly authentic bestsellers.
When innocent blood is spilled, she deciphers the shattering truths it holds.
Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is fatally shot on a Montreal street. A North Carolina teenager disappears from her home, and parts of her skeleton are found hundreds of miles away. The shocking deaths propel Tempe Brennan from north to south, and deep into a shattering investigation inside the bizarre culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs—where one misstep could bring disaster for herself or someone she loves.
“REMINISCENT OF PATRICIA CORNWELL AT THE TOP OF HER GAME. . . . Moves along like a Harley-Davidson leading the pack.”
—The San Francisco Examiner
“THE FORENSIC DETAILS ARE FASCINATING.”
—The Orlando Sentinel
(FL)
“A HIGH-OCTANE FORENSIC THRILLER.”
—People
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
KATHY REICHS,
like her fictional creation Temperance Brennan, is a board-certified forensic anthropologist for the Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Quebec, a position she also held at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of North Carolina. She is Vice President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and serves on the National Police Services Advisory Council in Canada. A professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dr. Reichs received her Ph.D. at Northwestern University. She now divides her time between Charlotte and Montreal. Her debut novel,
Déjà Dead,
brought her fame when it became a
New York Times
bestseller, a #1 international bestseller, and winner of the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel.
Bones to Ashes,
her tenth Temperance Brennan novel, is forthcoming in hardcover from Scribner.
Her website is
www.kathyreichs.com
.
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LSO BY
K
ATHY
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DÉJÀ DEAD
DEATH DU JOUR
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Reichs, Kathleen J.
Deadly décisions/Kathy Reichs.
p. cm.
1. Brennan, Temperance (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Women detectives—Québec
(Province)—Montréal—Fiction. 3. Medical examiners (Law)—Fiction.
4. Forensic anthropology—Fiction. 5. Montréal (Québec)—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3568.E476345 D35 2000
813'.54—dc21
00–022220
ISBN 0-684-85971-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-1077-5 (eBook)
Dedicated with love to the Carolina Beach Bunch
Contents
The characters and events in this book are fictional and created out of the imagination of the author. The setting is in Montreal, Canada; North Carolina; and other locations. Certain real locations and institutions are mentioned, but the characters and events depicted are entirely fictional.
Many people helped me in writing
Deadly Décisions.
Particularly patient were my colleagues in forensic science and law enforcement. I owe heartfelt thanks to Sergeant Guy Ouelette, Division of Organized Crime Unit, Sûreté du Québec, and to Captain Steven Chabot, Sergent Yves Trudel, Caporal Jacques Morin, and Constable Jean Ratté at Opération Carcajou in Montreal.
Among the Communauté Urbaine de Montréal Police, Lieutenant-détective Jean-François Martin, Division des Crimes Majeurs; Sergent-détective Johanne Bérubé, Division Agressions Sexuelles; and Commandant André Bouchard, Moralité, Alcool, et Stupéfiant, Centre Opérational Sud, patiently answered my questions and explained the functioning of police units. Special thanks must go to Sergent-détective Stephen Rudman, Superviseur, Analyse et Liaison, Centre Opérational Sud, who answered many questions, provided maps, and took me through the jail.