Publisher : Arrow Books`
By Kathy Reichs
Summary
A body is found in a barrel of asphalt next to Lowes Motor Speedway near Charlotte just as 200,000 fans are pouring into town for race week. The next day, a NASCAR crew member shares with Tempe a devastating story. Twelve years earlier his sister, Cyndi Gamble, then a high school senior who wanted to be a professional racecar driver, disappeared along with her boyfriend, Cale Lovette. Lovette kept company with a group of right wing extremists known as the Patriot Posse. Is the body Cyndi’s? Or Cale’s?
At the time of their disappearance, the FBI joined the investigation, but the search was quickly terminated. As Tempe is considering multiple theories, including an FBI cover-up, a surprising, secret substance is found with the body, leaving Tempe to wonder what exactly the government was up to. . . .
Review
The was one of the first Kathy Reichs books I had picked up, although its actually the 14th in the series. As I’ve mentioned in previous Kathy Reichs reviews, each book is its own story and just like I never started from the first book my reviews will follow the same (non) logic and be as jumbled up as the sequence of me reading them.
Conclusion
Although my review might come off as more negative then positive I did enjoy this book and was left surprised by the ending. I would recommend this book to any crime / mystery lover without a doubt. I would give this a 4 out of 5 as there were parts which could have been better.
