Flesh and Bone: A Body Farm Novel
At the start of the entertaining second Body Farm novel from the  pseudonymous Bass (the writing team of forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Bass  and journalist Jon Jefferson), Dr. Bill Brockton ties a dead man dressed in  drag to a tree at the Body Farm (a facility he heads outside Knoxville, Tenn.,  devoted to researching postmortem decay), in an effort to replicate a recent  murder. Dr. Bill's just beginning a romantic relationship with another  participant in this experiment, Chattanooga medical examiner Dr. Jess Carter.  The story veers wildly from fascinating forensics with a high yuck factor to  sophomoric and corny romantic byplay, often in the same scene. Fans of the  bestselling first book in the series,Carved in  Bone, and readers with a penchant for the gross and grisly will take  to Dr. Bill, a hero with a big heart who isn't afraid to tackle complicated  issues while solving mildly engrossing mysteries. Dr. Bass and Jefferson are  the coauthors ofDeath's Acre, about the  actual Body Farm.7-city author tour.  (Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.