Bones of the Lost, Kathy Reichs, 324 pages

Temperance Brennan is back in North Carolina.  She is faced with a problematic death involving an unidentified teen girl.  Just as she starts to make headway, her almost ex husband, Pete, needs her help.  The son of an old friend has been accused of murdering two civilians while stationed in Afghanistan.   Due to some amazing string pulling Tempe is off to Afghanistan to examine the remains of the two civilians.  Detective Ryan makes only the briefest appearance in this novel.
I enjoy reading the Temperance Brennan series.  My usual complaint is how Tempe is frequently knocked unconscious without any permanent brain damage.  Not so with this novel, but I found the ending of the book to be a bit too much like a Nancy Drew mystery, too many things coming together too neatly.  Even with that, Tempe is more entertaining than some of the recent novels featuring Kay Scarpetta.