A review by amarj33t_5ingh
Cut to the Bone, by Jefferson Bass
5.0
You rarely stumble across a novel as magnetic as 'Cut To The Bone.' And if my words seem like the cliche on the blurb of each and every damn serial killer novel then trust-you-me, I swear that this novel is not your conventional serial murder story.
The protagonist is Dr. Bill Brockton, a renowned pathologist whose career is blackmarked by one mistake of epic proportions which has academia literally trying to suffocate his credentials. Nonetheless, Bill and a dedicated student initiate enough funding to open their very own Body Farm-a farm where human and animal cadavers are routinely studied to understand the fascinating but fetid world of corpse decay.
And it is while doing this that Brockton is finally approached by the police. The skeletal remains of a young girl have been located in the proximity of a mine and the police want to decode who she is from her remains. All fine and well until Brockton unearths a chilling pattern over similar other cases leading to the conclusion that a very meticulous and organized killer is still operating under the law's nose. But what Brockton doesn't realize is that the killer is aware of him. More incredibly, the killer is ex-military and on the hunt to silence any meddlers who might out him.
Only when you read this novel will you realize why it's a cut above from other similar novels and a credit to its genre.
The protagonist is Dr. Bill Brockton, a renowned pathologist whose career is blackmarked by one mistake of epic proportions which has academia literally trying to suffocate his credentials. Nonetheless, Bill and a dedicated student initiate enough funding to open their very own Body Farm-a farm where human and animal cadavers are routinely studied to understand the fascinating but fetid world of corpse decay.
And it is while doing this that Brockton is finally approached by the police. The skeletal remains of a young girl have been located in the proximity of a mine and the police want to decode who she is from her remains. All fine and well until Brockton unearths a chilling pattern over similar other cases leading to the conclusion that a very meticulous and organized killer is still operating under the law's nose. But what Brockton doesn't realize is that the killer is aware of him. More incredibly, the killer is ex-military and on the hunt to silence any meddlers who might out him.
Only when you read this novel will you realize why it's a cut above from other similar novels and a credit to its genre.