Second short novella in the Temperance (Tempe) Brennan series. Long enough to be a complete story.Set in the Everglades, where Brennan goes for a holiday with her friend and colleague Lisa.Before she can get to thee beach however, human remains are found inside a python. This is the end of her vacation and the start of some interesting developments in the swamps of Florida.Have learned from the book that the Everglades are not such a pleasant holiday destination, between gators, fast growing populations of non-indigenous species (i.e. pythons and other snakes) and mosquitos and leeches.Too short to earn 4 stars, but nevertheless a good read. Swamp Bones is a straight to digital Temperance Brennan short story by Kathy Reichs.The occasional interim novellas are a great way to whet the appetite for the release of future novels. In that respect the Brennan books by Kathy Reichs are no exception.Swamp Bones is a quick delectable morsel of the crime series. For a novella length story it manages to pack quite a punch and a lot of interesting facts at the same time.For instance the plague of Burmese pythons in Florida. The Burmese python has adapted to its new habitat and is thriving. It is responsible for the declining numbers of native mammals in the Everglades. They are an endangered species in their natural habitat, because of the decline in their numbers due to poaching.Of course that makes the large number of them in the Everglades even more ironic. They have to be culled to keep the number local species in Florida from becoming extinct, and yet it is illegal to capture or kill them to use their skins.People really should think twice about buying exotic pets, which then outgrow the owners capabilities and houses, really quickly. They in turn think letting those pets free in the wild, and I say wild with the complete irony it deserves, is doing the animals a favour.The crime is discovered by accident by Tempe Brennan, just a right person at the right moment in time kind of thing. Human bones where there aren't supposed to be any at all. Not much, just a smidgen of bone and Tempe is wading through swamps to find the rest that should be attached to the smidgen. You sort of need a least a bit of a body to be able to find a cause of death.It is an invigorating and witty read. Just enough to keep a reader going till the release of Bones Never Lie.I received a copy of this book courtesy of Penguin Random House UK.At the end of this book readers get a chance to read the first few chapters of the upcoming new Kathy Reichs novel Bones Never Lie.
What do You think about Swamp Bones: A Novella (2014)?
Never had a Bones novel I didn't like! Loved it as always.
—tori
Read it on a plane. Perfect for reading on a plane.
—aminahcatherine
