jjares reviewed on 6/22/2019 + 3387 more book reviews

This is the truth behind the scenes in real crime detection. It took 2 years to determine if the bones buried in the grave were really those of a beloved grandmother who had been killed brutally twenty-five years before.

Most of the rating goes to the amazing work of the young woman, Joanna Hughes, who meticulously reconstructed the face of the woman with clay. The story of how Joanna got her degree is almost as amazing as what she was able to do with the skull.

Please note: the back half of the book introduces THE BREAKING POINT (see below), the 9th entry into the Jefferson Bass Body Farm Series.

ALSO NOTE: This story is told in BEYOND THE BODY FARM (2007). The only difference seems to be that in that book, the story was broken up in three pieces and in this (small book), it is told as one unit. Plus, it also has the first three chapters of their ninth book: The Breaking Point (2015). Strange.

Nonfiction of Bass
Death's Acre (2003)
Beyond the Body Farm (2007)
** Identity Crisis (2015)


Body Farm Series
1) Carved in Bone (2006)
2. Flesh and Bone (2007)
3. The Devil's Bones (2008)
4. Bones of Betrayal (2009)
5. The Bone Thief (2010)
6. The Bone Yard (2011)
7. The Bones of Avignon (2012) aka The Inquisitor's Key
8. Cut to the Bone (2013)
** 9. The Breaking Point (2015)

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