Cut to the Bone

New York Times bestselling author Jefferson Bass delivers the long-awaited prequel to his chilling series— revealing the origins of the Body Farm
One of Suspense Magazine' s Best Books of 2013
In the summer of 1992, Arkansas governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee senator Al Gore begin their long-shot bid for the White House. On a sweltering hillside in Knoxville, Dr. Bill Brockton, the ambitious young head of the University of Tennessee' s anthropology department, launches a unique— some say macabre— research facility. Brockton is determined to revolutionize forensics to help solve homicides. But his plans are derailed by a chilling murder that leaves the scientist reeling from dé jà vu. Followed by another. Then another: bodies that bear eerie resemblances to cases from Brockton' s past. The police chalk up the first corpse to coincidence. But as the body count rises, the victims' injuries grow more distinctive— a spiral of death that bodes ill for Brockton himself. If the killer isn' t found quickly, the death toll could be staggering. And the next victims could include Brockton . . . and everyone he holds dear.