Body Farm founder, Bill Brockton, is a forensic
anthropologist who has seen many things in his career. He
is an expert on the terrible things that humans do to each
other. However, even he is shocked when an autopsy shows
that 93 year old Dr. Leonard Novak's death was caused by a
radioactive pellet that was located inside the doctor's
body. Without giving away too much of the plot, that
autopsy is the true beginning of the rest of this
horrifying story.
Moving from the present to the past and back to the present
again, this is a story of what men do when they feel they
have no other choices, and when they feel they know more
than anyone else about what needs to be done. Brockton's
assistant, Miranda, Dr. Edelberto Garcia who was performing
the autopsy, as well as Brockton himself, are all caught up
in a tragic backlash of what was intended to kill only one
man.
Perhaps, Dr. Novak's ex-wife, Beatrice, has the answer
somewhere in her captivating stories that she will only
share with Brockton. Maybe she is the center of everything
that is going on. Or maybe she only knows a part of the
story.
The plot of this book has enough twists and turns to keep
your head spinning around and around. On top of that, the
ending is one you will never see coming.
Parts of BONES OF BETRAYAL were so riveting that I could
hardly bear to put the book down. Other parts dwelled a bit
too much on the historical aspects of the building of the
United States' most deadly weapon for my tastes. However,
this did fit in perfectly with the plot of the book. If you
have a weak stomach, there will be parts that you will want
to scan rather than read intently because the team of
Jefferson Bass pulls no punches. Dr. Bill Bass is a world
renowned forensic anthropologist who did, indeed, found the
Body Farm at the University of Tennessee 25 years ago. So
he definitely knows what he is talking about. His writing
partner, Joe Jefferson, is veteran journalist and writer.
This superb writing team has collaborated on several books
written around Dr. Bill Brockton. Happily , this one is not
the last.
Forged in the crucible of World War II,
Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, was a top-secret military installation—
the
linchpin of the Manhattan Project. Brilliant careers were
born and dark secrets buried in the desperate race to
build
the Bomb. Those secrets begin to emerge when the body of
a
renowned physicist is discovered . . .
Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton, founder of the
Body Farm, is shocked when an autopsy reveals the cause
of
Dr. Leonard Novak's death: a deadly radioactive pellet
inside the elderly scientist's body. Who would commit
such a
horrific crime? Is it related to Novak's role in creating
America's deadliest weapon? The answers may lie with the
victim's aging ex-wife, Beatrice, a captivating, yet
utterly
unreliable storyteller. Careening between history and
fantasy, dementia and lucidity, Beatrice draws Brockton
into
a maze of memories, leading him to darker truths than he
could have imagined.
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