The Body Farm Novels |
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"A superb mystery novel-well-plotted, filled with memorable characters, based on accurate forensic science and written with more flair and literary sensibility than anything by John Grisham." |
Early summer brings warm weather to the Body Farm in East Tennessee, but Dr. Bill Brockton's about to get more heat than he's bargained for. Angie St. Claire, a former student who's now a forensic specialist with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, seeks his help in identifying a partial skull found in the woods in rural Florida. The victim, a child, appears to have died from a lethal blow to the head. Brockton and Angie lead a search for the remaining bones, but what they find first is a secret diary, buried on the grounds of a notorious reform school that burned to the ground many years before. The diary, kept by one of the school's "students," reveals that the troubled, impoverished boys there lived under constant threat of being beaten... and of being buried in "the bone yard." Eventually the search leads to a cluster of shallow graves hidden in a distant corner of the school's overgrown grounds. As Brockton and his team close in on the truth, they find skeletons in some surprisingly prominent closets —and learn that someone is willing to kill to keep the truth hidden. Despite the danger, Brockton knows he must expose the horrors that the bones reveal and give a voice to the boys that have been silenced for far too long. |
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"The Body Farm novels get better |
Dr. Bill Brockton has been called in on a seemingly routine case, to exhume a body and obtain a bone sample for a DNA paternity test. But when the coffin is opened, Brockton and his colleagues, including his graduate assistant Miranda Lovelady, are stunned to see that the corpse has been horribly violated. Brockton’s initial shock gives way to astonishment as he uncovers a flourishing and lucrative black market in body parts. At the center of this ghoulish empire is a daring and prosperous grave robber. Soon Brockton finds himself drawn into the dangerous enterprise when the FBI recruits him to bring down the postmortem chop shop—using corpses from the Body Farm as bait in an undercover sting operation. |
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"Think Gil Grissom with a Southern accent." |
Dr. Bill Brockton is in the middle of a nuclear-terrorism disaster drill when he receives an urgent call from the nearby town of Oak Ridge — better known as Atomic City, home of the Bomb, and the key site for the Manhattan Project during World War II. Although more than sixty years have passed, could repercussions from that dangerous time still be felt today? |
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A "page-turning, nail-biting thriller ... you'll want to burn the midnight oil reading it!" |
A woman's charred body has been found inside a burned car perched atop a hill in Knoxville. Is it accidental death, or murder followed by arson? Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton's quest for answers prompts an experiment straight from Dante's Inferno: In the dark of night, he puts bodies to the torch, researching how fire consumes flesh and bone. |
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"Entertaining...fascinating forensics..." "Razor sharp ... Fans of forensic fiction will want to add this author to their list of favorites." |
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. |
"Southern-fried forensics. Nothing too fancy, but it does taste good going down."
"Fantastic forensic detail and an engaging hero … an authoritative, compelling new voice to the forensic mystery." |
There is a patch of ground in Tennessee dedicated to the science of death, where human remains lie exposed to be studied for their secrets. The real-life scientist who founded the "Body Farm" has broken cold cases and revolutionized forensics . . . and now he spins an astonishing tale inspired by his own experiences. Now in Paperback! |
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Publication date March 8, 2011
Publication date March 23, 2010
Publication date February 3, 2009
Publication date February 5, 2008
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Publication date December 26, 2006 
Publication date January 24, 2006