Flesh and Bone audiobook

I found this very entertaining but also a little traumatizing. The lead character, Dr Bill Brockton, went through some horrific experiences in this one. Nothing like starting to open your heart only to have it ripped out and torn apart right in front of you. Being a medical technologist, I enjoy the science. I am sure this one won’t be for everyone but I will definitely continue the series.

The body farm is easy to imagine because I watch Bones, the TV show.I love Jessamine Carter, the ME for Chattanooga, currently filling in for Knoxville as well. She drives a red Carrera, that fits her personality and allows her to cut travel time off her commute.“Do men really believe that’s what six inches looks like? Try three and a half.”Humor and death do go hand in hand, don’t they?Dr. Brockton, is a forensic anthropologist and professor at the University of Tennessee and stages bodies at the body farm for research. I found myself chuckling at the writing even though the scenes were gruesome.Jess and the doc are an item. She takes charge of that too. The banter between them is is humorous, snarky and fun, the teasing laced with sexual innuendo. They are complex characters and Jefferson Bass does a great job of bringing them to life. I must warn you though, he isn’t afraid to kill off his characters, so be careful who you become attached to.Oops…didn’t see that coming. Now the real investigation begins. The details of deciphering clues, step by step, are stories I love to read about.The writing is not as heavy and dark as some of the thrillers I have read, but it does raise a serious question for me. Why do we feel that by refusing to talk to the police, without a lawyer present, automatically makes us guilty. Just because you’re innocent, doesn’t mean the justice system will find that. Sometimes, instead of using clues to find the answer, they assume the answer and look for clues to make the pieces fit. I watch enough True Crime, and the crime TV shows to know this. That makes it easy for me to relate to what is coming down and it truly pisses me off.Tragedy, love, sacrifice, revenge, anger and rage. Complex and fully developed characters allow me to sympathize and empathize with them, hoping they will find the answers they are looking for.I didn’t see the ending happening the way it did, but I loved the dramatic flourish. Full of all the details for a great murder mystery with some thrills and suspense thrown in, along with characters to die for.Talk about being close to your work, be sure and check out the bio of this fantastic writing duo.I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass.

I never read the back of a book before I start the book itself. This is one time that I wish I would have. After finishing the book I was so sorry to tell the characters goodbye that I went on to read 'About the Author' and learned that Jefferson Bass is actually a writing team. The 'Jefferson' of the team is Jon Jefferson, a journalist who also wrote and produced National Geographic's documentaries on the Body Farm. The 'Bass' of the team is Dr. Bill Bass, the University of Tennessee's professor and world-renowned forensic anthropologist that founded the Body Farm and is the inspiration for the main character, Dr. Bill Brockton. I love their collaborative writing style and the fact that these characters are really walking around UT campus and the Body Farm makes me love this all the more! Great mystery.

This is my second from this author. I found this one to be much more engaging. It didn't feel as technical as the first book felt. The writing hooked me with the characters to the level so intense I was riding a Rollercoaster of emotions. Well done. I cared and felt and invested. I will read more Mr. BASS!

Real forensic science trumps CSI any day!In FLESH AND BONE, forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton obviously is the fictionalized version of his creator, Dr Bill Bass, the founder of the real-life Body Farm, a research facility that he runs in Knoxville, Tennessee. Although THE BODY FARM and DEATH'S ACRE were both exceptionally well written and compelling non-fiction books that provided clear, graphic, easily understood explanations of the exciting, innovative, pioneering research conducted on THE BODY FARM, many readers will still find a non-fiction approach just a little too cut and dry for their tastes. You'll pardon the joke if I suggest that FLESH AND BONE, puts flesh on those real-life bones and converts the story of this research into a novel that manages to convey considerable scientific information in the format of an exciting, if somewhat predictable, thriller.Solid, well-explained and credible forensic science; a brutal murder that, to all appearances, is a homosexual hate crime; a controversial and most diverting side plot in which Brockton finds himself sued by a young creationist for belittling his religious views in a public forum; a little romantic byplay; some exciting behind the scenes courtroom drama from the point of view of the defense; and a scenario in which the hero, Bill Brockton, finds himself under investigation as the most likely suspect in the murder. Presto, you have a wonderfully enjoyable novel that knocks the stuffings out of the over-the-top and sadly unrealistic imaginings of the CSI screenplay writers.Well done, Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson. I was a fan of the non-fiction material and now I intend to seek out the rest of the fiction series as well.Paul Weiss

A good read! I could put it down for the first half, but accidentally got sucked into reading the rest of it, instead of sleeping! Liked how there was a lot going on before the extra body showed up! I wished there was more loose-ends tied up, though, before the end. I also enjoyed how you could see "brockton's gang" at the end. I thought the lawyer was an interesting character, too.

I again loved the forensic descriptions in the story and also the small part of legal history of the biblical versus evolution theories. I like the development of the characters and the way they are becoming a close knit group of friends. Starting the third book of the series now!

I didn't read the synopsis before starting this book, so I was surprised when our intrepid hero turned out to be the main suspect in the murder. I spent a bit of time waffling between suspects, but was pretty sure I knew the perpetrator early on. I just had a few questions.Excellently written and well paced. I really enjoyed this thriller.