The forensic scientist reviews fourteen celebrated crimes and trials from the twentieth century and offers his opinions about what the evidence really shows.

Dr. Temperence Brennan is a brilliant, but lonely, forensic anthropologist who works at the Jeffersonian Institute in Washington D.C. After consulting on a case for the FBI, she is approached by Special Agent Seeley Booth. He wants Dr. Brennan to help the Bureau solve crimes by identifying human remains that are too far gone for standard FBI forensic investigations. Brennan's empirical, literal view of the world causes friction with Booth, creating...

"The explosive new medical thriller from New York Times-bestselling author Robin Cook. After a young, seemingly healthy woman collapses suddenly on the NYC subway and dies by the time she reaches the hospital, her case is initially chalked up to a virulent strain of influenza. That is, until she ends up on Dr. Jack Stapleton's autopsy table, where Jack discovers something eerily fishy: First, that the young woman has had a heart transplant, and second,...

Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan and FBI Special Agent Seely Booth combine her uncanny ability to decipher clues found in the remains of victims and his hard-hitting investigative techniques. The two use state-of-the-art forensic technology to solve some of the most baffling and bizarre crimes ever. Brennen gets a new boss and takes on a new partner, tensions mount, passions flare and a shocking conspiracy forces her to confront...

"Dame Sue Black is an internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist... Cutting through hype, romanticism, and cliché, she recounts her first dissection; her own first acquaintance with a loved one's death; the mortal remains in her lab and at burial sites as well as scenes of violence, murder, and criminal dismemberment; and about investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident, or natural disaster, such as the 2004 Indian...