The Devil's Bones: A Body Farm Thriller (Body Farm Thriller 3) (The Body Farm) - Softcover

Jefferson Bass

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847249310 ISBN 13: 9781847249319

Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc, 2009

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

'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. --Reviews.

From the Back Cover:

Dr Bill Brockton is experimenting with fire. The charred body of a woman has been found in a burned car atop a hill in Knoxville. But was she dead before the fire even began?
Days later, his lawyer, Burt DeVriess, brings him a mysterious package - the cremated remains of his beloved aunt. But further investigation shows that the remains are anything but human and Brockton discovers a truth too horrifying to believe.
All the while, his nemesis, Garland Hamilton, has escaped from custody and is hunting Brockton down. He'll stop at nothing to get his revenge.
Summer's going to be very hot on the Body Farm this year.

About this edition

• Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1847249310
• ISBN 13: 9781847249319
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320