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The Devil's Bones

Jefferson Bass author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Quercus Publishing

Published:3rd Sep '09

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A woman's charred body has been found inside a burned car atop a hill in Knoxville. Was this an accidental death, or murder? 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 Dr Brockton investigates, he uncovers a truth too horrifying to believe...Little does Dr Brockton know that his research is about to collide with reality. Disgraced medical examiner, and Dr Brockton's nemesis, Garland Hamilton, has escaped from custody on the way to his trial. So begins a deadly game of cat and mouse with Dr Brockton's life at stake. Finally running Hamilton to ground, Brockton finds only the incinerated remains of his enemy, or does he? The answer, along with the renowned anthropologist's ultimate test, comes in a searing moment of truth.

'Fantastic forensic detail ... Jefferson Bass brings an authoritative, compelling new voice to the forensic mystery' Jeff Abbott. * Jeff Abbott *
'If you like Kathy Reichs, you'll like Jefferson Bass. Perhaps even more' The Times. * The Times *
'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. * Buzz *
'The real deal' Kathy Reichs. * Kathy Reichs *

ISBN: 9781847249319

Dimensions: 198mm x 132mm x 22mm

Weight: 218g

320 pages