Whispers of the Dead

I just read another creepy thriller about a Forensic Anthropologist! Whispers of the Dead by Simon Beckett is the story of Dr. David Hunter, a Londoner who flees the violence in his own life to study at the legendary "Body Farm" located in Knoxville, TN. The "Body Farm" really exists--it is a field laboratory where law enforcement personnel study real corpses by subjecting them to various elemental influences. Dr. Hunter is thrust into his first investigation on U. S. soil when he is called to a crime scene in a remote Smoky Mountains cabin where a body is taped to a table. Everything about the investigation is off-kilter and it is a forensic puzzle that leads Dr. Hunter to one conclusion--he is dealing with an experienced serial killer. This book is a terrifying portrait of a killer in love with death, an exploration of forensic science, and a race against time as Dr. Hunter and his colleagues fight to solve the mystery, catch the killer, and save innocent lives! If you like this book, also try Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta series, (the first book is Postmortem) or the non-fiction books, Death's Acre : Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales and Beyond the Body Farm : A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science both by Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson.