
Written with the compassion and humor of a born storyteller, this is an unforgettable glimpse into the lab where one forensic anthropologist works to reveal the human stories behind the remains. When a skeleton is all that's left to tell the story of a crime, Mary...

"On the first day of the search, I failed to find the body." So writes forensic anthropologist and bioarchaeologist Mary H. Manhein--or "the bone lady," as law enforcement personnel call her. In this, one of dozens of stories recollected in her powerful memoir, Manhein and...