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In this latest thriller from New York Times bestselling author Jefferson Bass, Dr. Bill Brockton discovers the dark side of the Sunshine state when he's called in to investigate human remains found on the grounds of a boys' reform school in Florida
The Bone Yard
The onset of summer brings predictably steamy weather to the Body Farm, Dr. Bill Brockton's human-decomposition research facility at the University of Tennessee. But Brockton's about to get more heat than he's bargained for when Angie St. Claire, a forensic analyst with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, asks him to help prove that her sister's death was not suicide, but murder.
Brockton's quick consulting trip takes a long, harrowing detour when bones begin turning up amid the pines and live oaks of the Florida panhandle. Two adolescent skulls-ravaged by time and animals, but bearing the telltale signs of lethal fractures-send Brockton, Angie, and Special Agent Stu Vickery on a search for the long-lost victims. The quest leads them to the ruins of the North Florida Boys' Reformatory, a notorious juvenile detention facility that met a fiery end more than forty years ago.
Guided by the discovery of a diary kept by one of the school's young "students," Brockton's team finds a cluster of shallow graves, all of them containing the bones of boys who suffered violent deaths. The graves confirm one of the diary's grim claims: that one wrong move could land a boy in the Bone Yard. But as the investigation expands, it encounters opposition from the local sheriff, who's less than delighted to find forensic experts from the state capital and the Body Farm digging up dirt in his county.
As Brockton and his team close in on the truth, they find skeletons in some surprisingly prominent closets . . . and they learn that the ghosts of the past pose perilous consequences in the present.
Genre: Mystery
The Bone Yard
The onset of summer brings predictably steamy weather to the Body Farm, Dr. Bill Brockton's human-decomposition research facility at the University of Tennessee. But Brockton's about to get more heat than he's bargained for when Angie St. Claire, a forensic analyst with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, asks him to help prove that her sister's death was not suicide, but murder.
Brockton's quick consulting trip takes a long, harrowing detour when bones begin turning up amid the pines and live oaks of the Florida panhandle. Two adolescent skulls-ravaged by time and animals, but bearing the telltale signs of lethal fractures-send Brockton, Angie, and Special Agent Stu Vickery on a search for the long-lost victims. The quest leads them to the ruins of the North Florida Boys' Reformatory, a notorious juvenile detention facility that met a fiery end more than forty years ago.
Guided by the discovery of a diary kept by one of the school's young "students," Brockton's team finds a cluster of shallow graves, all of them containing the bones of boys who suffered violent deaths. The graves confirm one of the diary's grim claims: that one wrong move could land a boy in the Bone Yard. But as the investigation expands, it encounters opposition from the local sheriff, who's less than delighted to find forensic experts from the state capital and the Body Farm digging up dirt in his county.
As Brockton and his team close in on the truth, they find skeletons in some surprisingly prominent closets . . . and they learn that the ghosts of the past pose perilous consequences in the present.
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
January 2012 : Hardback
| Title: The Bone Yard Author(s): Jefferson Bass ISBN: 0-7531-8952-6 / 978-0-7531-8952-8 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2011 : Hardback
| Title: The Bone Yard: A Body Farm Thriller (Body Farm 6) Author(s): Jefferson Bass ISBN: 1-84916-059-7 / 9781849160599 (UK edition) Publisher: Quercus Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
March 2011 : Hardback
| Title: The Bone Yard: A Body Farm Novel Author(s): Jefferson Bass ISBN: 0-06-180678-1 / 978-0-06-180678-0 (USA edition) Publisher: William Morrow Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2012 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The Bone Yard: A Body Farm Novel Author(s): Jefferson Bass ISBN: 0-06-180704-4 / 978-0-06-180704-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2012 : Paperback
| Title: The Bone Yard Author(s): Jefferson Bass Publisher: HarperCollins 2012-03-27 Availability: Amazon More details... |
November 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Bone Yard: A Body Farm Thriller (Body Farm 6) Author(s): Jefferson Bass ISBN: 1-84916-061-9 / 9781849160612 (UK edition) Publisher: Quercus Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Bone Yard Author(s): Jefferson Bass ISBN: 1-84916-060-0 / 9781849160605 (UK edition) Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
March 2011 : Paperback
| Title: The Bone Yard LP (Body Farm) Author(s): Jefferson Bass ISBN: 0-06-201778-0 / 978-0-06-201778-9 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperLuxe Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
2011 : Audio CD
| Title: The Bone Yard (Unabridged) Author(s): Jefferson Bass ISBN: 1-4618-0090-0 / 978-1-4618-0090-3 Publisher: Recorded Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
November 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Bone Yard: A Body Farm Thriller (Body Farm 6) Author(s): Jefferson Bass Publisher: Quercus Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
March 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Bone Yard: A Body Farm Novel Author(s): Jefferson Bass Publisher: HarperCollins e-books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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