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Author
Publisher
Marhsall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
95 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Description
Explores the field of forensic anthropology, where the human skeleton is used to solve crimes and uncover mysteries, looks at famous cases, and discusses the education and training needed to become a forensic anthropologist.
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
In her new book, Sue Black builds on the first [All That Remains], taking us on a guided tour of the human skeleton and explaining how each person's life history is revealed in their bones, which she calls "the last sentinels of our mortal life to bear witness to the way we lived it." Her narrative follows the skeleton from the top of the skull to the small bones in the foot. Each step of the journey includes an explanation of the biology--how the...
Author
Series
Elizabeth MacPherson mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
281 p. ; 22 cm.
Author
Series
Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 21
Description
Winter has come to North Carolina and, with it, a drop in crime. Freed from a heavy work schedule, Tempe Brennan is content to dote on her daughter Katy, finally returned to civilian life from the army. But when mother and daughter meet at Tempe's place one night, they find a box on the back porch. Inside: a very fresh human eyeball. GPS coordinates etched into the eyeball lead to a Benedictine monastery where an equally macabre discovery awaits....
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
x, 241 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
The Arthur G. Dozier Boys School was a well-guarded secret in Florida for over a century, until reports of cruelty, abuse, and “mysterious” deaths shut the institution down in 2011. Established in 1900, the juvenile reform school accepted children as young as six years of age for crimes as harmless as truancy or trespassing. The boys sent there, many of whom were Black, were subject to brutal abuse, routinely hired out to local farmers by the...
7) Body of lies
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
340 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
When Eve receives a package containing a skull-and instructions for Eve to do her work reconstructing it. When she does, a beautiful woman's face emerges. But when Eve is introduced to the dead woman's mirror image, a game is on where her twin's life hangs in the balance.
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
vii, 240 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Lisa Bailey never considered a career working in death until she saw the FBI job posting for a forensic artist. The idea of using her artistic skill to help victims of crime was too compelling to pass up. Soon she was documenting crime scenes, photographing charred corpses, and digitally retouching the disembodied heads of suicide bombers. But it was facial approximation--sculpting a face from the remnants of an unidentified victim's skull--that...
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