Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass

Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass

Dr. Bill Brockton, the founder of the world-famous Body Farm, is hard at work on a troubling new case. A young man's battered body has been found in nearby Chattanooga, and it's up to the talented Dr. Brockton to assemble the pieces of the forensic puzzle. Brockton is brought into the case by the rising star of the state's mechanical examiners, Jess Carter.

Just as they're on the verge of breaking the case open, events take a terrifying turn. Brockton has re-created the Chattanooga death scene at the Body Farm, but a killer tampers with it in a shocking way: placing another corpse at the setting, confusing authorities and putting Brockton's career and life in jeopardy. Soon Brockton himself is accused of the horrific new crime, and the once-beloved professor becomes an outcast. As the net around him tightens, Brockton must use all of his forensic skills to prove his own innocence . . . before he ends up behind bars with some of the very killers he's helped to convict.

Flesh and Bone is another roller-coaster ride into the world of forensic anthropology, its twists and turns marked by drama and pathos, humor and grief, families and friends and enemies. With captivatingly real characters, plus fascinating scientific insights drawn from the case files of a living forensic legend, this astonishing novel confirms Jefferson Bass as one of our most talented authors of suspense.

Jon Jefferson and Dr. Bill Bass form the writing partnership Jefferson Bass. Dr. Bass, a world-renowned forensic anthropologist, founded the Anthropology Research Facility at the University of Tennessee, also known as the Body Farm. He is the author or coauthor of over 200 scientific publications, as well as Death's Acre, a critically praised memoir about his time at the Body Farm. Dr. Bass is also a passionate educator who has been recognized as a U.S. The Council for Promotion and Support of Education named him Professor of the Year.

Jon Jefferson is a documentary filmmaker, writer, and seasoned journalist. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, and Popular Science, as well as being broadcast on NPR. He is the coauthor of Death's Acre and the writer and producer of two National Geographic documentaries about the Body Farm that have received great ratings.