" 206 Bones is the 12th book in the Temperance Brennan series. It is a little self-indulgent, going to lengths to explain the accreditation process for forensic board certification, but I guess by book twelve, Reichs has earned the right. I found the office intrigue to be more interesting than the actual crime Brennan was working which had too many names and too many suspects, but unlike many of her other novels where I didn't know "who done it" until Brennan did, this one was yawningly predictable. The ending was wrapped too quickly, mostly in an epilogue-type recap. I think as faithful readers up to this point, we earned the right to see the bad guys suffer in real-time, not just hear about it after the fact. Reichs has educated her readers with each book and we deserve more creative storytelling. Also, Detective Ryan should have had to do more sucking up to earn his way back into Brennan's good graces "
— Nissanmama, 1/27/2014