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    The Bone Thief: A Body Farm Novel
    The Bone Thief: A Body Farm Novel
    The Bone Thief: A Body Farm Novel
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    The Bone Thief: A Body Farm Novel

    Written by Jefferson Bass

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    “The Body Farm novels have become bestsellers because of their attention to the fine details of forensics combined with great plot lines.”

    —Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

     

    The latest Body Farm novel from New York Times bestseller Jefferson Bass, The Bone Thief is a must for fans of Patricia Cornwell and TV’s C.S.I. The hero of four previous thrillers—Carved in Bone, The Devil’s Bones, Flesh and Bone, and Bones of Betrayal—Dr. Bill Brockton must stop a grisly black market dealing in body parts and cadavers in this white-knuckle adventure written by the man widely considered to be the world’s foremost expert in forensic anthropology. Read The Bone Thief and discover why Kathy Reichs calls Bass, “The real deal.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateMar 23, 2010
    ISBN9780061953705
    Author

    Jefferson Bass

    Jefferson Bass is the writing team of Jon Jefferson and Dr. Bill Bass. Dr. Bass, a world-renowned forensic anthropologist, is the creator of the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility, widely known as the Body Farm. He is the author or coauthor of more than two hundred scientific publications, as well as a critically acclaimed memoir about his career at the Body Farm, Death's Acre. Dr. Bass is also a dedicated teacher, honored as U.S. Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Jon Jefferson is a veteran journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. His writings have been published in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, and Popular Science and broadcast on National Public Radio. The coauthor of Death's Acre, he is also the writer and producer of two highly rated National Geographic documentaries about the Body Farm.

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    • 4/5
      Dr Bill, volunteers, sort of, in an FBI sting which soon endangers his reputation and his relationship with Miranda. Before they sort out who is stealing body parts, he discovers that he may be going to become a father again and that someone is trying to shoot him. For him, he is virtually unscathed by a frigid night in the woods. Good tie-in with the current world of hand transplants as his pathologist friend loses his second hand to the radiation poisoning.
    • 5/5
      The latest in this series did not disappoint. The characters seem like real people, and it was nice to visit them again. This big topic in this book is body parts for transplant. Where do they come from? Donors, obviously, but who handled the donation? Kidneys can come from live donors, but other parts, such as hearts, not likely. Good questions are asked, many points of view are covered. Good read.
    • 3/5
      So-so read. Lots of interesting information on organ transplants and such and on the issue of illegal trafficking in bodies, but the story was . . . so-so. But it was worth finishing once I had started it.
    • 4/5
      The writing team of Jefferson Bass has yet to disappoint me with any of their books, and this one was really good as well. The plot centered around black market body parts and human tissue research, which was a fascinating subject to explore. Bill Brockton is roped into assisting with a sting operation with the FBI, and risks alienating Miranda, his young assistant and good friend. For some reason, even though I've read a lot of the books Bass has set at "The Body Farm", this one really made me start thinking about what would happen to my body after I died. It made me start making decisions and putting plans in place. Although no one ever likes to think about such a thing, I was surprised at the peace of mind this gave me. What really disturbed me however (as this book highlighted) is that despite your wishes and plans, your next of kin can do whatever they like after you die, including disregarding your wishes. I think new laws should be put into place that gives the person the right to decide what happens to their remains and have an Executor enforce it similar to a Last Will.
    • 4/5
      I enjoy these authors stories that take place in Knoxville. This one visits the body farm, Turkey Creek shopping center, UT, and takes a trip over the mountains to Asheville's Grove Park Inn. Fast reading mystery, I would recommend it for some light reading.
    • 4/5
      A solid entry, good plot, nice twists, you really get to care about Dr Garcia and his family. But is Dr Bill really so easy to manipulate? So goody? How are they going to get more funding -- a real concern in the real world.
    • 2/5
      The Bone Thief; a Body Farm Novel. Jefferson Bass. 2010. I think I have read all of the novels written by Dr. Bill Bass and John Jefferson. Bass is the forensic anthropologist who established the Body Farm at the University of Tennessee. The writing style in mundane and there is isn’t much character development but the topics around which each novel is developed is usually interesting. This time it is the shortage of body parts and organs needed and the illegal sale of these parts and organs. It helps to read the novels in chronological order.
    • 4/5
      This is a series I love, mainly because I love the main character, Bill Brockton. He is a forensic anthropologist who runs the Body farm at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, a place where corpses are exposed to the different situations in order to study the process of decomposition. The Body Farm exists, and one of the authors of this series is in charge of it in real life. It has provided an amazing amount of information that has been invaluable to law enforcement.Anyway, in series, Brockton is a middle-aged widower. Since his wife died several years ago, he has begun new relationships twice. One of the women was murdered, and the next turned out to be a murderer. She is now on the loose, but the place she hid for a while has been found, with a positive pregnancy test. Meanwhile, corpses are turning up that have been mutilated in a way that suggests parts of them were harvested for the trade in organs and tissue for transplant. Another strand of the story covers Brockton's colleague whose hands were mostly destroyed by radiation in the last book. There's a chance he could receive a hand transplant, but it is a new and risky procedure.This is a good book. It is not as good, in my opinion, as the last one in the series, but it has more of what I do love about the series... decent characters trying to make life a little better, a little truer.
    • 3/5
      The 5th book in the Body Farm series starts a couple of weeks after book #4 left off. Dr. Bill is asked to join in on an undercover FBI sting involving stolen body parts. I thought there was a lot of side stories going on, but then miraculously (sarcastic tone) they are all somewhat related.
    • 5/5
      This is truly a suspenseful story. Many different threads each separate but entwined and each fascinating, thrilling, and heart stopping.
    • 4/5
      Dr. Bill Brockton runs the ‘Body Farm’ where donated bodies are laid out in plots, carefully kept track of by his assistant and studied for different affects on decomposition. Burt DeVriess, ‘Grease’, a defense attorney calls Dr. Brockton to examine a body that is being exhumed for a paternity case. The only problem is, when the body is exhumed, it is obviously missing some pieces!Black market body parts are a big business. At least that is what the FBI is using to convince Dr. Brockton to go undercover to help them find who is buying and selling these body parts. After opening several other graves, the signs point to a funeral home and Brockton reluctantly agrees to be a part of the sting.All the while, Dr. Brockton is trying to reconcile with a former flame who isn’t at all what she appears and, may have a bigger hold on him than Brockton ever imagined! He is also faced with several ethical decisions one of which could jeopardize a man’s life and could be losing a valuable asset in his assistant.This is a thrilling addition to the Body Farm series. Once you start it, you won’t put it down!Reviewed by Ashley Wintters for Suspense Magazine
    • 3/5
      A lot of rehashing and a little continuing from the previous Body Farm Novel, there of course is a new story line as well. Not my favorite of Jefferson Bass, but I will still read additional novels.
    • 4/5
      The fifth installment of the Body Farm series, Dr. Bill Brockton has been called in on a routine case, to exhume a body and obtain a bone sample for a DNA paternity test. But when the coffin is opened, Brockton is stunned to see that the corpse is missing some of its bones. Soon Brockton finds himself drawn into the dangerous business of black market body parts 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. In addition, Brockton struggles to help his friend Eddie Garcia deal with the loss of his hands due to his exposure a near-lethal dose of radioactivity. I found the plot interesting--though it had much more medical detail than previous installments. I did however feel that the Gracia secondary plot was extended a bit too long. I found the Bones of Betrayal a better read. 3 1/2 out of 4 stars.
    • 5/5
      Great read as always. Bill is still dealling with issues from the last book and news about Isabella and the news that comes with identifying her hiding place. Dr. Garcia is healing from his wounds and is searching for a solution for his missing hands. The FBI engages Dr. Bill in a sting operations which will tie back to Dr. Garcia.