Essay
Twelve Years
With The Bonesby Elena Avanzas Álvarez
There is a dead body in Fox. After a twelve-year season run the channel decided to put an end to Bones (2005 – 2017), an iconic television show that has defined an era for crime fiction fans. Doctor Temperance Brennan and FBI’s Special Agent Shelley Booth waved their final goodbyes on the 28th March to the average nine million people that have faithfully followed their adventures since 2005. But their success was not gratuitous, as the show was built on the public’s fascination for forensic science and resilient, rebellious main character that has dominated American crime fiction in the past thirty years. We may be living our lives in front of the easy entertainment of the silver screen, but some would be surprised to know that a
