Tempe investigates the charred remains of a nun in Montreal, uncovering links to deaths at a remote Quebec monastery. The case expands into a cross‑border hunt involving cults, religious extremism, and long‑buried secrets.
Kathy Reichs’s first novel Déjà Dead catapulted her to fame when it became a New York Times bestseller and won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. She is affiliated with the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Quebec.
