If I didn’t know the work of Kathy Reichs I’d say that “Bones” was based on Diane France. She, Davenport and the rest remind me of a slogan on a T-shirt I received as a gift while an undergraduate in Anthropology—“ Archaeologists Are the Cowboys of Science”. The narration was excellent which was much welcomed as I have returned a few science books due to truly awful narration including cringeworthy pronunciation of terms and names.
The only thing that prevented five stars all around was that I felt the detail was weighted to the crime and shortchanged the science, but that’s probably the scientist in me. Overall a thoroughly enjoyable book that did a great job of bringing science to a general audience.