I knew better, oh, I knew better, I had read the first two Temperance Brennan books and I knew that the author did not pull any punches with her descriptions of what a forensic anthropologist will run into (and I would not have it any other way, believe me, EXCEPT, when I pick a book to take to a restaurant.)Temperance begins this story by responding to a call about a downed plane. The plane was carrying mostly college students. The crash site is horrific. The demands, physical, mental and emotional on the crash site investigators is horrendous. Then she finds a body part that belongs to no one in the crash, and discovers that there is someone who wants her off the case permanently.I'm not sure I buy all of the details of the conclusion, but that was an afterthough. While I reading it this was a fast paced and gripping story-- but not accompanying a rare steak.