Susan Burpee's Reviews > Bones to Ashes

I like Kathie Reichs books as a rule. Bones to Ashes is a fun read as far as plot is concerned. The scientific stuff is interesting and the detail on leprosy is fascinating especially since I have heard about the leprosy hospital in New Brunswick from my mum. Reichs needs to make sure that all her detail is accurate, though, not just the scientific stuff. She has a character making reference to the city of Miramichi long before it existed..the river and the region have long held that name but the city is a recent almalgamation of Chatham and Newcastle, and those two communities would have been referred to as towns in their own right when her character was young. Also I found the style a bit annoying at times especially Reichs' tendency to overuse nouns as verbs. I understand that brevity and a fresh take on words can be good but she overdoes it and uses clauses like: [the character]"Dristans his nostril." Now that is just bad style in my opinion! 3 stars at most!