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Character · Tempe Brennan and her circle · 18 books

Skinny Slidell

Charlotte homicide detective · Kathy Reichs

Skinny Slidell is a rumpled Charlotte homicide detective.

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Character facts

First appearance
Bare Bones (2003)
Latest appearance
Fire and Bones (2025)
Books
18 (18 major)
Series
Temperance Brennan
Author
Kathy Reichs
Circle
Tempe Brennan and her circle

Where to meet Skinny Slidell

Skinny Slidell first appears in Bare Bones (2003), in a major role, book 6 of the Temperance Brennan series.

Buy Bare Bones

Every book with Skinny Slidell

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 2003MBare Bonesmajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  2. 2004MMonday Mourningmajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  3. 2005MCross Bonesmajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  4. 2006MBreak No Bonesmajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  5. 2007MBones to Ashesmajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  6. 2008MDevil Bonesmajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  7. 2009M206 Bonesmajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  8. 2010MSpider Bonesmajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  9. 2011MFlash and Bonesmajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  10. 2012MBones Are Forevermajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  11. 2013MBones of the Lostmajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  12. 2014MBones Never Liemajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  13. 2015MSpeaking in Bonesmajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  14. 2020MA Conspiracy of Bonesmajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  15. 2021MThe Bone Codemajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  16. 2022MCold, Cold Bonesmajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  17. 2023MThe Bone Hackermajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy
  18. 2025MFire and Bonesmajor role · Temperance BrennanBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Andrew RyanMontreal homicide detective and Tempe’s on-off partner18
Katy BrennanTempe’s daughter18
Pete PetersonsTempe’s estranged husband18
Temperance BrennanForensic anthropologist working in Montreal and Charlotte18
Pierre LaMancheChief of the Montreal medical examiner’s lab13
Anique PomerleauSerial killer who escapes Tempe2