This week we are entertaining crime writing royalty on the podcast as we welcome the legend that is Dr Kathy Reichs! Kathy is a forensic anthropologist and academic who, amongst many other things, taught FBI agents how to detect and recover human remains. She used her forensic knowledge to create the character Temperance Brennan and the first Temperance book, Deja Dead, won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. Many other novels followed including Death du Jour, Deadly Decisions, Fatal Voyage, Monday Mourning and many more. She also co-authored the Virals young adult series with her son, Brendan Reichs. Her latest thriller is Fire and Bones. Kathy also produced and wrote the hit TV series, Bones, which is based on her work and her novels. We talked to her about the mystery of the mobile library, the joy of audio books and the best forensic science books for kids! Find out more about all the books mentioned by visiting our Bookshop.org store. Order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and see book tour dates at Daisy's Substack. Find out more about Daisy's Read Yourself Happy retreat at Aweventurer.com/daisy

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - Pity Party

Kathy Reichs - Fire and Bones

Kathy Reichs - Deja Dead

Ian Rankin - A Heart Full of Headstones

Michael Connelly - Desert Star

Karin Slaughter - Pieces of Her

Dennis Lehane - Small Mercies

Kathy Reichs - Virals

Carolyn Keene - Nancy Drew

Howard Pyle - Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Michael Connelly - Concrete Blond

Siri Hustvedt - What I Loved

Douglas P. Lyle - Forensics For Dummies

Chris Cooper - Forensic Science

Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes

HA Rey - Curious George

JRR Tolkien - The Hobbit

Cixin Liu - The Three Body Problem

Erik Larson - Devil in the White City

Erik Larson - Isaac's Strom

Truman Capote - In Cold Blood

Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's

Brene Brown - Daring Greatly

Kathy Reichs - Death Du Jour

Jacqueline Winspear - The Comfort of Ghosts

Alex Finlay - The Night Shift

Joseph Finder - Oligarch's Daughter

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