In the most suspenseful installment of the New York Times nestselling Body Farm series to date, forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton investigates a bizarre murder-and confronts a deadly enemy he thought he'd put behind bars for good. Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton has spent twenty-five years solving brutal murders-but none so bizarre and merciless as his latest case: A ravaged set of skeletal remains is found chained to a tree on a remote mountainside. As Brockton and his assistant Miranda dig deeper, they uncover warning signs of a deadly eruption of hatred and violence. But the shocking case is only the beginning of Brockton's trials. Mid-case, the unthinkable happens: The deadliest criminal Brockton has ever foiled-the sadistic serial killer Nick Satterfield-escapes from prison, bent on vengeance. But simply killing Brockton isn't enough. Satterfield wants to make him suffer first, by destroying everything he holds dear: Brockton's son, daughter-in-law, grandsons; even Miranda, his longtime graduate assistant, now on the verge of completing her Ph. D. and launching a forensic career of her own. The dangers from all directions force Brockton to question two things on which he's based his entire career-the justice system, and the quality of mercy-and to wonder: can the two co-exist? If not, which will Brockton choose in his ultimate moment of truth?

Without Mercy - A Body Farm Novel

Renowned forensic anthropologist Bill Bass-founder of the Body Farm-tackles one of his most baffling cases ever in this real-life spellbinder In 1978, 56-year-old Leoma Patterson left a bar in Clinton, Tennessee, and was never seen again. Six months later, a female skeleton was found on a wooded lakeshore in a neighboring county. The bones were consistent with those of the missing woman, and one of Patterson's daughters recognized a ring found at the death scene as her mother's. The bones were buried, and six years later, a relative of Patterson's-one of the men she was last seen alive with-confessed to killing her. Case closed. But the tentative identification-made years before DNA testing was available to confirm it-failed to convince some of Patterson's relatives. And so it was that in 2005 Dr. Bass found himself winding around hairpin curves to the mountainside grave, where he would unearth the disputed remains and collect DNA samples. The forensic twists and turns that followed would test the limits of DNA technology . and of Dr. Bass's half-century of forensic knowledge.

Identity Crisis - The Murder, the Mystery, and the Missing DNA

Jefferson Bass's Cut to the Bone, the long-awaited prequel to his New York Times bestselling mystery series, turns the clock back to reveal the Body Farm's creation-and Dr. Bill Brockton's deadly duel with a serial killer. In the summer of 1992, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Albert Gore begin their long-shot campaign to win the White House. In the sweltering hills of Knoxville at the University of Tennessee, Dr. Bill Brockton, the bright, ambitious young head of the Anthropology Department, launches an unusual-some would call it macabre-research facility, unlike any other in existence. Brockton is determined to revolutionize the study of forensics to help law enforcement better solve crime. But his plans are derailed by a chilling murder that leaves the scientist reeling from a sense of déjà vu. Followed by another. And then another: bodies that bear eerie resemblances to cases from Brockton's past. But as the body count rises, the victims' fatal injuries grow more and more distinctive-a spiral of death that holds dark implications for Brockton...and everyone he holds dear.

Cut to the Bone - A Body Farm Novel

Renowned bone detective Bill Brockton and his intrepid assistant, Miranda, are about to get immersed in murder and intrigue in Avignon, France, home of the popes for most of the fourteenth century. But first, in this artful prequel to The Inquisitor's Key, other mischief is afoot in the ancient walled city. Inspector René Descartes of the French National Police is roused from a deep sleep to investigate a break-in at the Petit Palais, Avignon's museum of medieval masterpieces. Descartes's discovery plunges him into an elaborate, art-lined labyrinth: a labyrinth that leads him to a master forger's studio .

Madonna and Corpse

Anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton founded Tennessee's world-famous Body Farm-a small piece of land where corpses are left to decay in order to gain important forensic information. Now, in the wake of a shocking crime in nearby Chattanooga, he's called upon by Jess Carter-the rising star of the state's medical examiners-to help her unravel a murderous puzzle. But after re-creating the death scene at the Body Farm, Brockton discovers his career, reputation, and life are in dire jeopardy when a second, unexplained corpse appears in the grisly setting. Accused of a horrific crime-transformed overnight from a respected professor to a hated and feared pariah-Bill Brockton will need every ounce of his formidable forensic skills to escape the ingeniously woven net that's tightening around him .

Flesh and Bone - A Body Farm Novel

Un ancien pédophile est découvert assassiné dans un parc de la ville. Pour aider l'enquête, le médecin légiste Bill Brockton doit recréer les conditions du meurtre dans La Ferme des Corps, le terrain de plusieurs hectares où il mène ses expériences sur des cadavres. Mais un matin, il découvre qu'un autre meurtre a été commis sur le même mode opératoire que le premier, dans l'enceinte même de La Ferme des Corps ! Immédiatement, le légiste est suspecté, toutes les preuves l'accusent, et un terrible piège se referme. De scientifique réputé et respecté, Brockton devient un paria. Pour prouver son innocence, il n'a pas d'autre option que de trouver le meurtrier. Un manipulateur hors pair qui, dans l'ombre, tire les ficelles...

Anatomie du mal

Si vous allez jouer ce que l'on - qui, soit dit en passant, est une énorme perte de temps et d'énergie, sans parler d'un acte de narcissisme suprême du centre de l'univers - vous devez le jouer dans les deux sens. Si vous allez vous imaginer comme un méchant accidentel, vous devez vous donner un temps égal en tant que héros involontaire. En tant que personne qui a empêché Dieu sait-il, quelle catastrophe terrible simplement en faisant exactement les choses que vous avez faites.

Ses oeuvres

Ses derniers livres