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To some, the dead are a commodity. For Tempe Brennan, they hold the key to

cracking a horrific crime ring.

Among the ancient remains in a Native American burial ground, Tempe discovers a

fresh skeleton -- and what began as an ordinary teaching stint at an archeology

field school in Charleston, South Carolina, fast becomes a heated investigation

into an alarming pattern of homicides. The clues hidden in the bones lead to a

street clinic where a monstrous discovery awaits, and Tempe -- whose personal

life is in upheaval, with two men competing for her -- can't afford any

distractions as she

pieces together a shattering and terrifying puzzle.

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