Bones of betrayal
By: Jefferson Bass
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Body Farm novel
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780061284748
Subjects: Fiction; Crime laboratories; Forensic anthropologists; Bill Brockton (Fictitious character); Radiation victims
Description: A frozen corpse found in a lake near the Oak Ridge, Tenn., nuclear research facility turns out to be that of Dr. Leonard Novak, one of the leaders of the Manhattan Project. When the source of death, potent radioactive material the old man somehow ingested, poisons the local medical examiner, forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton suspects a link between the present-day murder and long-forgotten events.