The Devil's Bones (The Body Farm)

The Devil's Bones (The Body Farm)

by JeffersonBass (Author)

Synopsis

A woman's charred body has been found inside a burned car atop a hill in Knoxville. Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton is on the case, torching bodies to research how fire consumes flesh and bone. Days later, he receives a mysterious package - a set of cremated remains that seems entirely unreal. As Brockton investigates, he uncovers a truth too horrifying to believe Meanwhile, disgraced medical examiner, and Brockton's nemesis, Garland Hamilton, has escaped from custody. A deadly game of cat and mouse begins, with Brockton's life at stake. Finally running Hamilton to ground, Brockton finds only the incinerated remains of his enemy, or does he? Before he finds the truth, Brockton will face his ultimate test.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Edition: UK First Edition; 1st printing.
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 02 Apr 2009

ISBN 10: 1847248063
ISBN 13: 9781847248060

Media Reviews
'If you like Kathy Reichs, you'll like Jefferson Bass. Perhaps even more' The Times. 'Fantastic forensic detail ... Jefferson Bass brings an authoritative, compelling new voice to the forensic mystery' Jeff Abbott. 'The real deal' Kathy Reichs. 'More graphic than the frankly sedate Patricia Cornwell, Jefferson Bass' latest novel in the Body Farm series will please all crime fiction fans who love squirming at intricately gory detail' Buzz.
Author Bio
Jefferson Bass is the writing team of Dr Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson. Dr Bass, a world-renowned forensic anthropologist, founded the Body Farm 25 years ago. Jefferson is a journalist, writer and documentary film-maker. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek and USA Today. Together they have written two other novels in the Bill Brockton series, Carved in Bone and Flesh and Bone and two non-fiction books, Death's Acre and Beyond the Body Farm.