DEVIL'S BONES by Jefferson Bass - DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOK
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In two previous New York Times bestselling novels, Jefferson
Bass enthralled readers with ripped-from-the-headlines forensic cases,
memorable characters, and plots that "rival Kathy Reichs and Patricia
Cornwell" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). Drawing on research at
the Body Farm—three acres of land in the backwoods of Tennessee, where
bodies are left to the elements to illuminate human decomposition—Bass
has moved fiction to a fascinating new realm, with forensics expertise
drawn from his five decades of work as the world's leading forensic
anthropologist. But this latest novel cements Jefferson Bass as one of
the finest writers of suspense working today, and in a work of drama,
cunning, and heartbreak, thrills the reader with fiction that feels all
too real.
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.
In the meantime, Brockton is sent a mysterious package—a set of
cremated remains that looks entirely unreal. With the help of a local
crematorium, he investigates and discovers a truth too horrifying to
believe: A facility in another state has not been disposing of bodies
properly, instead scattering them all around the grounds.
Little does Brockton know that his research is about to collide with
reality—with the force of a lit match meeting spilled gasoline. En
route to trial, his nemesis, medical examiner Garland Hamilton, has
escaped from custody. What follows is a deadly game of cat and mouse,
played for the ultimate stakes: Brockton's own life. With help from his
loyal graduate assistant, Miranda, and ace criminalist Art Bohanan,
Brockton eventually tracks Hamilton, but when the police arrive, they
find only a smoldering ruin. Sifting through the ashes, Brockton finds
the incinerated remains of Hamilton . . . or does he? The answer—along
with Brockton's ultimate test—comes in a searing moment of truth.
