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背叛的骸骨
The latest Body Farm novel finds forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton looking into an unusual death. A man's body is pulled out of a swimming pool in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The autopsy reveals that he appears to have died after ingesting a highly radioact
最新的身體農場發現比爾Brockton小說法醫人類學家調查一個不尋常的死亡。一個男人的身體裡拔出一個游泳池在田納西橡樹嶺。屍檢顯示,他似乎已經高度radioact口服後死亡....
內容簡介
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 radioactivepelletinside 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 utterlyunreliablestoryteller. Careening between history and fantasy, dementia andLucidity, Beatrice draws Brockton into a maze of memories, leading him to darker truths than he could have imagined.
中文簡介
偽造的嚴峻考驗第二次世界大戰中,田納西橡樹嶺,是一個高度機密軍事installation-the的曼哈頓工程關鍵。輝煌的事業出生和黑暗秘密埋在絕望的種族建造核武器。那些秘密開始出現時,一位著名的物理學家的屍體被發現。
比爾Brockton法醫人類學家的創始人,身體的農場,時感到非常震驚的原因屍檢顯示博士倫納德諾瓦克的死:一種致命的放射性顆粒在老年人的身體。科學家誰會做這樣可怕的罪行?這是有關美國諾瓦克的角色創造最致命的武器嗎?答案可能就與受害者的老化的前妻比阿特麗斯,一個誘人的,但完全不可靠的說故事的人。歷史和幻想俯衝之間,痴呆和洞察力,比阿特麗斯平Brockton成一個迷宮的記憶,讓他深色的真理比他想像中。
作者簡介
Jefferson Bass is the writing team of Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson. Dr. Bass, a world-renowned forensic anthropologist, founded the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility—the Body Farm—a quarter century ago. He is the author or coauthor of more than two hundred scientific publications, as well as a critically acclaimed memoir about his career at the Body Farm, Death's acre. Dr. Bass is also a dedicated teacher, honored as National Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Jon Jefferson is a veteran journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. His writings have been published in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, and Popular Science, and broadcast on National Public Radio. The coauthor of Death's Acre, he is also the writer and producer of two highly rated National Geographic documentaries about the Body Farm.
傑佛遜低音寫作組的低音和瓊。傑佛遜博士法案。博士低音,一個世界知名的法醫人類學家,創立了田納西大學的人類學研究Facility-the Farm-a四分之一世紀前身體。他是作者或合著者超過二百多份的科學刊物,以及一個精細的、廣受讚譽的回憶錄講述了自己的球員生涯在身體的農場,死亡的犁溝之內。博士低音也是一個有奉獻精神的老師,評為國家教授委員會每年進步和支持教育。喬恩·傑佛遜是一個資深記者、作家和紀錄片導演。他的作品已發表在《紐約時報》,《新聞周刊》,《今日美國》、科普、美國國家公共電台播出。合著者的死亡畝,他也是作家和製作人兩個高等級的國家地理紀錄片有關身體的農場。
媒體評論
"The forensic thriller meets a formidable slice of history in Jefferson Bass's impressive new novel....In addition to being a riveting mystery with an intricately emotional conclusion, Bones of Betrayal bears witness to the past with great respect for the long shadow it casts." --Washington Post
"This series...just keeps getting better. Bones of Betrayal features both the most compelling story and the bestportrayalyet of Brockton, who has completed the transition from fictional representation of coauthor Bass to fully realizedprotagonist." --Booklist
"Bones of Betrayal has more than its share of twists, turns, and red herrings....Wartime Oak Ridge proves nearly as atmospheric a crime scene as Sam Spade's San Francisco or Philip Marlowe's L.A." --WilmingtonStar News
“法醫顫慄碰到一個強大的片歷史傑弗遜低音令人印象深刻的新小說....除了是一個有複雜情感鉚接神秘的結論,骨頭見證背叛的過去和非常尊敬它投下長長的影子。”——《華盛頓郵報》
“這系列…只有繼續好轉。骨頭都背叛的故事,最引人注目的特點和最佳的寫照Brockton陳糧,誰已經完成了的過渡表示低音,虛構合著者完全實現的主角。適合國小中年級兒童閱讀
背叛的“骨頭有超過其股票的曲折,轉身紅青魚....橡樹嶺幾乎和戰時證明大氣罪案現場與山姆鏟的舊金山和菲利普·馬洛的洛杉磯。星”——明星新聞
