「巴斯噶一手勒住我的喉嚨，另一隻手使勁把我的手肘反扳過來，他推著我走過群眾，架在我脖子上的刀刃隨著每個步伐不停跳動，我感覺有鮮血從我頸部一側流下。
　　
　　我向四周尋找任何能提供救援的人，經過的卻是一張張消極萎靡、刻著冷漠神情的面孔，沒有任何人關心發生在我身上的事。
　　
　　我的心狂跳，血壓也急速升高，以前我雖然有過一、兩次這種生命結束的預感，但從沒像現在這般鮮明。當巴斯噶把我推進大門，我知道自己絕不可能再活著離開這棟房子！」
　　
　　九歲的艾蜜莉安在機車幫暗殺行動中誤中流彈身亡，北卡羅萊納州一位妙齡少女的失蹤案件也和這群幫派分子脫離不了關係，刑事人類學家布蘭納一面追查棘手案件，另一方面卻發現最疼愛的姪子和非法機車幫竟然有曖昧的牽連，被迫單身涉險的她即將面臨史無前例的致命危機……

　　---中文簡介擷取自中譯本《追！致命的抉擇》，皇冠出版
"Fans of TV's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven" (People) stepping into the world of forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, star of Kathy Reichs' electrifyingly authentic bestsellers.

When innocent blood is spilled, she deciphers the shattering truth it holds.

Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is fatally shot on a Montreal street. A North Carolina teenager disappears from her home, and parts of her skeleton are found hundreds of miles away. The shocking deaths propel Tempe Brennan from north to south, and deep into a shattering investigation inside the bizarre culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs -- where one misstep could bring disaster for herself or someone she loves.

作者簡介

凱絲．萊克斯 Kathy Reichs
　　
　　出生於美國芝加哥，在西北大學獲得博士學位。
　　
　　她是全美社會人類學法醫協會十五名檢定合格的法醫之一，並且在美國北卡羅來納大學夏洛特分校擔任社會人類學教授，現在她分別在夏洛特及加拿大蒙特婁兩地擔任刑事審判的常任專家證人。
　　
　　她的第一本小說《聽！骨頭在說話》於一九九七年榮獲『亞瑟．埃利斯』最佳處女作小說獎，也是『每月一書俱樂部』的推薦好書。《追！致命的抉擇》是她第三本以女法醫布蘭納為主角的系列小說，出版便立即贏得各界的一致好評，並獲『文學指南』、『雙日讀書俱樂部』以及『懸疑小說導讀』強力推薦！
　　
　　◎凱絲．萊克斯官方網站：www.kathyreichs.com
Kathy Reichs’s first novel Déjà Dead, published in 1997, was a #1 New York Times bestseller and won the Ellis Award for Best First Novel. A Conspiracy of Bones is Kathy’s nineteenth entry in her series featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Kathy was also a producer of the hit Fox TV series, Bones, which is based on her work and her novels. She is one of very few forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. She served on the Board of Directors and as Vice President of both the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, and as a member of the National Police Services Advisory Council in Canada. She divides her time between Charlotte, North Carolina, and Montreal, Québec. Visit Kathy at KathyReichs.com.