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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.