Bones of Betrayal: A Body Farm Novel (2009) (edit title/settings)

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• Dr. Bill Brockton: Professor at the University of Tennessee Anthropology Department, and served as main character, and forensic anthropoligist on this case.
• Detective Emert: The lead officer on the case and a member of the Oak Ridge police department.
• Miranda Lovelady: Graduate assistant to Dr. Bill Brockton at UT.
• Dr. Edelberto Garcia: Medical examiner at the regional forensic center.
• Dr. Leonard Novak: The corpse found in the swimming pool. He was one of the top scientists back during the Manhattan Project. He played a big part in making the atomic bomb possible.
• Special Agent Charles Thornton: Agent assigned to the case from FBI headquarters, and the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate.
• Beatrice Novak: Ex-wife of Leonard M. Novak, the dead scientist, and key to the story.
• Isabelle the librarian: Another key player in the story.
• Cherokee: Cadaver dog that helped to locate the body buried in the 1940's.
• Jonah Jamison: The body found buried after 50+ years.

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Oak Ridge, Tennessee: The main events occur in the city of Oak Ridge, the site of the Manhattan Project that produced the first atomic bomb.
• The University of Tennessee Medical Center: This is where the offices of two of the main characters are located and much of the investigation takes place.

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jefferson Bass (Author) - Pen name of Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson.

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Bass, Jefferson. Bones of Betrayal / Jefferson Bass. __ 1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-06-128474-8 1. Brockton, Bill (Fictitious character) - Fiction 2. Forensic anthropologists - Fiction. 3. Crime laboratories - Fiction. 4. Radiation victims - Fiction.
• Dewey: 813.6

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Suspense
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Psychological & Suspense