The Bone Thief, Jefferson Bass
The Bone Thief, Jefferson Bass
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The Bone Thief
A Body Farm Novel

Author: Jefferson Bass

Narrator: Dan Woren

Unabridged: 9 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: William Morrow

Published: 03/23/2010


Synopsis

“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.”

About 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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on February 27, 2023

A disturbing tale of grave-robbing and black market traffic in body parts! Author Jefferson Bass (well ... joint co-authors Bill Bass and John Jefferson, actually) have got a great thing going here! THE BONE THIEF is the sixth entry in the exciting and remarkably successful series depicting fictional......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on May 21, 2015

I've enjoyed this series in the past and this one was no different in that aspect. However, it had the potential to be a great five star read for me but the ending just killed my enthusiasm. The plot was great throughout the book and definitely kept my attention but near the end, it felt like the au......more

Goodreads review by Linda on November 10, 2012

The hardest part about finding good crime thrillers for someone who has a strong science foundation and a penchant for reading well-written crime novels is having to wade through the mediocre to find those rare diamonds (well, I guess the same can be true for much of life, like dating). Unfortunatel......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on March 27, 2011

When Burton DeVreiss, Attorney, contacted Dr. Bill Brockton it was to inform Brockton that he had obtained an order to exhume the body of Trey Willoughby to obtain a DNA sample to be used as proof of paternity. Dr. Brockton and his assistant Miranda were shocked when the body was exhumed and the sil......more

Goodreads review by Bill on May 15, 2025

This year I've been trying to catch up on some series that I've neglected for the past few years. A case in point is the Body Farm forensic series. The Bone Thief by a duo who write under their combined names as Jefferson Bass is the 5th book in the series. I've had it on my bookshelf since 2013 (de......more