A fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and an expert on the human skeleton, Mary H.
Trail of Bones takes readers on an entertaining and educating walk in the shoes of this remarkable scientist who has dedicated her life to providing justice for those no longer able to speak for themselves..
Possessing both compassion and tenacity, Mary Manhein has an extraordinary gift for telling a life story through bones.
Korean War soldier buried for More than forty years and the mystery of Mardi Gras Man, who was wearing a string of plastic beads when his body was discovered.
She describes her involvement in the hunt for two serial killers who simultaneously terrorized the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, region for years; her efforts to recover the remains of the seven astronauts killed in the Columbia space shuttle crash in 2003; and her ongoing struggle to identify the beheaded toddler dubbed Precious Doe.
Some of them are famous.
A natural storyteller, Manhein provides gripping accounts of dozens of Cases from her twenty-four-year career.
Going beyond the stereotypes portrayed on television, this real-life crime scene investigator unveils a gritty, exhausting, exacting, alternately rewarding and frustrating world where teamwork supersedes individual heroics and some Cases unfortunately remain unsolved.
In Trail of Bones, Manhein reveals the everyday realities of Forensic anthropology.
Manhein assists law enforcement officials across the country in identifying bodies and solving criminal cases.
A fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and an expert on the human skeleton, Mary H
