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Zusatztext "The Sherlock Holmes for bones has arrived. . . . A privileged glimpse into the world of a ground-breaking pioneer." Informationen zum Autor Jefferson Bass is the writing team of Jon Jefferson and Dr. Bill Bass. Dr. Bass, a world-renowned forensic anthropologist, is the creator of the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility, widely known as the Body Farm. He is the author or coauthor of more than two hundred scientific publications, as well as a critically acclaimed memoir about his career at the Body Farm, Death's Acre . Dr. Bass is also a dedicated teacher, honored as U.S. Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Jon Jefferson is a veteran journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. His writings have been published in the New York Times , Newsweek , USA Today , and Popular Science and broadcast on National Public Radio. The coauthor of Death's Acre , he is also the writer and producer of two highly rated National Geographic documentaries about the Body Farm. Klappentext While helping to excavate a newly unearthed chamber beneath the spectacular Palace of the Popes in Avignon, France, Miranda Lovelady—protégée of Dr. Bill Brockton—makes a startling discovery: a stone chest bearing an inscription declaring it holds the bones of Jesus of Nazareth. The find could rock the Church to its very foundations, and it draws Brockton from the Body Farm to determine the truth, using modern forensic science. But when Brockton and Miranda link the bones to the haunting image on the famous Shroud of Turin, their investigation sparks a deadly tug of war between scientists, the Vatican, and Apocalypse-obsessed fanatics—and a newly slain corpse soon appears on hallowed ground. Suddenly the search for answers to a mystery born in an ancient era has taken on a frightening urgency . . . as a crazed zealot waits in the shadows, determined to trigger the end of time. Zusammenfassung The most riveting and ambitious novel to date in Jefferson Bass’ New York Times bestselling Body Farm mystery series! The Inquisitor’s Key takes forensic investigator Dr. Bill Brockton to Avignon! France! and embroils him in a deadly religious mystery that could shake the Vatican itself to its very foundations. Another sterling crime novel in the vein of Patricia Cornwell! Kathy Reichs! and Karin Slaughter! as well as TV’s C.S.I .! The Inquisitor’s Key adds a touch of James Rollins and The Da Vinci Code to the typically acclaimed Jefferson Bass mix of suspense! surprise! and finely detailed forensic investigation. ...
