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Title: Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs ISBN: 0-671-02837-5 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.22 (90 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Tempe is terrific
Comment: Kathy Reichs has created a wonderful character in Temperance Brennan, known by her friends as Tempe, a forensic anthropolgist who is brilliant, tough, and compassionate. In "Fatal Voyage," she joins a team investigating the tragic crash of an airplane in the mountains of North Carolina.
Joining the team is Andy Ryan, a Montreal detective for whom Tempe has had feelings in the past. He has a vested interest in the investigation, since his former partner, Jean Bertrand, may have died in the crash while escorting a prisoner. The investigators try to figure out what brought the plane down. Was it sabotage, an assassination, an insurance scam, a mechanical failure or something else?
Complicating Tempe's life further is her discovery of a decomposed foot near the crash site. When Tempe looks into her discovery, she suspects that it has nothing to do with the crash; she believes that it is a separate mystery that needs investigating. Suddenly, Tempe is unfairly accused of tampering with evidence and of illegally removing remains from the crash site. She is ordered off the investigation. It appears that powerful people want to discredit Tempe professionally. Later, when a mysterious man tries to run Tempe down with his car, she begins to realize that her life may be in danger, as well.
In "Fatal Voyage," Reichs has created a large and colorful cast of characters, such as Ruby McCready, the bible toting owner of a bed and breakfast where Tempe stays, and Lucy Crowe, the local sheriff who is every bit as tough and tenacious as Tempe. The dialogue sparkles and the narrative moves quickly, although you will need a scorecard to follow the many twists and turns in the plot. The ending is a little weak--too melodramatic and unrealistic, considering the excellence of the writing up to that point.
Why does Tempe spend her life poring over the remains of dead people? In this poignant passage, Tempe explains why she does such "unpleasant" work:
"It is for these victims and the mourners that I tease posthumous tales from bones. The dead will remain dead, whatever my efforts, but there have to be answers and accountability. We cannot live in a world that accepts the destruction of life with no explanations and no consequences." That is good writing and Tempe is a terrific character.
Rating: 4
Summary: WATCH OUT CORNWELL!! REICHS IS BACK & BETTER THAN EVER!
Comment: Yeah, after reading "Fatal Voyage," I honestly believe that Kathy Reichs is a better writer than Patricia Cornwell. Both Temperance Brennan & Kay Scarpetta are similar and strong characters (except maybe in "Black Notice"), but I would say that Brennan is more realistic and more enjoyable to read about. I found "Fatal Voyage" to be extremely different then Reichs's previous novels. Mostly Brennan is in the morgue cutting up and doing an autopsy on ONE person. In "Fatal Voyage," an aircraft has crashed in the mountains outside of Virginia, taking down an entire school club organization with it. Tempe has to sift through hundreds of bodies and plane wreckage to try and determine if the crash was an accident or a deliberate act of murder. Authorities claim that the crash was deliberate and try to determine if the passengers had any major enemies. Most of their investigation turns up nothing and leave the investigators stumped. Brennan, along with her secret love from previous novels, accidently stumble upon some shocking news about the local town around the crash site. She discovers that there were an extremely high amount of deaths over the last ten years. As she investigates more she gets uncomfortable feelings from the local townspeople that she discovered something secretive about the town. The ending of "Fatal Voyage" was extremely surprising as the story took off on two different directions. The question for us Cornwell/Reichs readers is: Will "Isle of Dogs" be better than "Fatal Voyage?" I guess we'll have to wait until October 8 to find out!....
Rating: 4
Summary: Actually a four and 3/4 star mystery!
Comment: Wow. Great book. I had read Reich's before and enjoyed her, especially with the forensic science. For some reason, Reich is not near as dark as other current forensic novels. Though she involves the reader in the science, I don't think it is overdone. The plot of this book is way above most other plots in mysteries. I can actually see something like this happening. In my reading for my work in bioethics, just when you can't think man can do anything worse then what he has done, you find out otherwise.
There are so many types of prejudice out there. The thought that some men would feel that their intelligence and wealth puts them on a higher plane than other humans, and therefore, those who are less intelligent then them should provide for the needs of those more intelligent men, has it's basis in fact. James Watson, the discover of DNA, which Reich uses in her books and in her real-life jobs, has made statements about getting rid of the genome for 'ugly women' and those with disabilities. Other men have suggested using the disabled for organ donors (of course without their consent), and several European countries are allowing doctors to 'euthanize' at will, so here we have 'intelligent' men making God-like decision. Reich's plot is no big surprise, but it sure would scare me to be in that situation in finding a house with obvious burial spots with no explanations!
A very good read...very good plot, fair characterization, good science.
Karen Sadler
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Title: Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs ISBN: 0671028367 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 26 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs ISBN: 0671028383 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs ISBN: 0671011375 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs ISBN: 0671011367 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Bare Bones : A Novel by Kathy Reichs ISBN: 0743233468 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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