Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs

Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist, is drawn into a deadly situation when nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is shot dead during outlaw motorcycle gang warfare. Compassionate Tempe yearns to clear the streets of killers. When nineteen-year-old nephew Kit arrives on her doorstep he attends a dinner party with Tempe and is intrigued by television personality Lyle Crease, who also happens to have biker connections. The discovery of a young girl's skull and two leg bones during a crime scene investigation, leads Tempe back to North Carolina on a mission to solve a mystery. The reader gets a lot of crime scene and forensic analysis detail that makes for a good read. Enjoyed. Sandy Penton