Forensic expertise has helped Kathy Reichs produce a great body of work

Forensics expert Kathy Reichs’ familiarity with death and violence have added authenticity to her 19 crime novels, writes Esther McCarthy

KATHY Reichs was 49 when she wrote her first novel. Yet her other career is what makes her writing special.

Having worked for years as a forensic anthropologist, she used her scientific skills to help solve murders and violent deaths. She knows better than anyone the world her characters inhabit.