Three skeletons are found in a Montreal basement. n n The building is old, and the homicide detective in charge dismisses the remains as historic. Not his case. Not his concern. n n Forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is not so sure. Something about the bones of these three young women suggests a different message: murder. n n Soon she finds herself drawn ever deeper into a web of evil from which there may be no escape. Three women have disappeared, never to return. Will Tempe be next? n