A new writing team bring us a great thriller with fascinating forensic detail made all the more gripping by knowing that one of the authors is the forensic anthropologist who set up ‘The Body Farm’ at the University of Tennessee. A great plot and engrossing detail make for a great read.
A woman's corpse lies hidden in a cave in the mountains of East Tennessee. Undiscovered for thirty years, her body has been transformed into a near-perfect mummy. Clueless, the local police enlist the help of Dr Bill Brockton, renowned anthropologist. But even he is baffled by the case - unfolding in an environment, where nothing is what it seems.
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.