â[Bass is] the real deal.â
âKathy Reichs
The sixth electrifying forensic mystery by author Jefferson Bass (âa fresh voice in the crime novel arenaâ âSeattle Post-Intelligencer), The Bone Yard is the most gripping installment yet in the New York Times bestselling Body Farm series. Called away from Tennesseeâs renowned Body Farm (the real life human decomposition laboratory around which these remarkable thrillers are based), Dr. Bill Brockton discovers the dark side of the Sunshine state when heâs called in to investigate human remains found on the grounds of a Florida boysâ reform school. Rich in authentic forensic detail and featuring a protagonist as involving as crime fictionâs most popular medical examinersâincluding Patricia Cornwellâs Kay Scarpetta, Karin Slaughterâs Sara Linton, and Kathy Reichsâs star forensic anthropologist Temperance BrennanâThe Bone Yard is unassailable evidence that this series âjust keeps getting betterâ (Booklist).