Monday Mourning
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| Author | Kathy Reichs |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Temperance Brennan |
| Genre(s) | Crime novel |
| Publisher | William Heinemann |
| Publication date | 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 303 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-434-01038-3 |
| Preceded by | Bare Bones |
| Followed by | Cross Bones |
Monday Mourning is the seventh novel by Kathy Reichs featuring the fictional forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan. Kathy Reichs herself is a forensic anthropologist who works for Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of North Carolina, and for the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Quebec. It is preceded by Bare Bones, and succeeded by Cross Bones. It was first published in 2004 by Arrow Books.
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[edit] Plot introduction
The plot of the story revolves around Temperance trying to decipher the clues left behind by the skeletons of three girls found in a pizza parlor basement, which has a colourful history. Temperance's forensic expertise tells her that the people were buried after 1955, but homicide detective Luc Claudel is convinced the bones are pre-1995, and dismisses the case. Temperance's frustration at Claudel for not investigating the case grows and she decides to take it on herself. From simply the remains of the three girls, she follows the clues which include a frightened old lady, a crazed man with a S&M fetish, and finally a girl who has been subjected to so much sexual torture, she develops a taste for it herself.
[edit] Inspiration
At the end of the book, Kathy writes that her inspiration for the plot was three skeletons she was sent to investigate that were found in a pizza parlor basement. The girls' bones showed that they had died before 1955 so there was no police investigation into the deaths. Kathy writes she has always wondered who the girls were and how they came to be buried under the parlor.
[edit] Dedication
The dedication at the start of the book reads; "To Deborah Minor and my baby sister Harry". Deborah Minor is Kathy's publisher and her Harry is her younger sister, upon whom a character in the book, Harry, is based.
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