Forensic Books

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Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1) Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.88 — 156,294 ratings — published 1997
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Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1) Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.03 — 259,846 ratings — published 1990
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Fatal Voyage (Temperance Brennan, #4) Fatal Voyage (Temperance Brennan, #4)
by (shelved 33 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.05 — 54,072 ratings — published 2001
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Body of Evidence (Kay Scarpetta, #2) Body of Evidence (Kay Scarpetta, #2)
by (shelved 33 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.04 — 86,793 ratings — published 1991
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.06 — 242,564 ratings — published 2003
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Death du Jour (Temperance Brennan, #2) Death du Jour (Temperance Brennan, #2)
by (shelved 32 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.96 — 51,258 ratings — published 1999
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Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan, #13) Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan, #13)
by (shelved 31 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.93 — 27,965 ratings — published 2010
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1) Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.90 — 221,510 ratings — published 2004
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Monday Mourning (Temperance Brennan, #7) Monday Mourning (Temperance Brennan, #7)
by (shelved 30 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.04 — 36,722 ratings — published 2004
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Break No Bones (Temperance Brennan, #9) Break No Bones (Temperance Brennan, #9)
by (shelved 29 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.98 — 32,633 ratings — published 2006
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Bones to Ashes (Temperance Brennan, #10) Bones to Ashes (Temperance Brennan, #10)
by (shelved 29 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.95 — 32,583 ratings — published 2007
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Bare Bones (Temperance Brennan, #6) Bare Bones (Temperance Brennan, #6)
by (shelved 28 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.97 — 41,547 ratings — published 2003
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The Body Farm (Kay Scarpetta, #5) The Body Farm (Kay Scarpetta, #5)
by (shelved 28 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.07 — 81,346 ratings — published 1994
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Grave Secrets (Temperance Brennan, #5) Grave Secrets (Temperance Brennan, #5)
by (shelved 27 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.98 — 37,277 ratings — published 2002
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All That Remains (Kay Scarpetta, #3) All That Remains (Kay Scarpetta, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.07 — 77,439 ratings — published 1992
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Devil Bones (Temperance Brennan, #11) Devil Bones (Temperance Brennan, #11)
by (shelved 27 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.91 — 31,377 ratings — published 2008
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206 Bones (Temperance Brennan, #12) 206 Bones (Temperance Brennan, #12)
by (shelved 26 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.95 — 29,224 ratings — published 2009
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Dearly Devoted Dexter (Dexter, #2) Dearly Devoted Dexter (Dexter, #2)
by (shelved 26 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.87 — 56,565 ratings — published 2005
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Point of Origin (Kay Scarpetta, #9) Point of Origin (Kay Scarpetta, #9)
by (shelved 26 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.05 — 68,286 ratings — published 1998
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From Potter's Field (Kay Scarpetta, #6) From Potter's Field (Kay Scarpetta, #6)
by (shelved 26 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.06 — 64,090 ratings — published 1995
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Cause of Death (Kay Scarpetta, #7) Cause of Death (Kay Scarpetta, #7)
by (shelved 26 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.95 — 56,270 ratings — published 1996
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Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4) Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)
by (shelved 25 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.13 — 116,051 ratings — published 1993
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Unnatural Exposure (Kay Scarpetta, #8) Unnatural Exposure (Kay Scarpetta, #8)
by (shelved 25 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.07 — 64,476 ratings — published 1997
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Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.09 — 13,144 ratings — published 2014
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Dexter in the Dark (Dexter, #3) Dexter in the Dark (Dexter, #3)
by (shelved 24 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.57 — 40,778 ratings — published 2006
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Deadly Decisions (Temperance Brennan, #3) Deadly Decisions (Temperance Brennan, #3)
by (shelved 24 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.94 — 39,801 ratings — published 2000
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Blow Fly (Kay Scarpetta, #12) Blow Fly (Kay Scarpetta, #12)
by (shelved 23 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.82 — 46,497 ratings — published 2003
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Carved in Bone (Body Farm, #1) Carved in Bone (Body Farm, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.93 — 13,575 ratings — published 2006
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The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, #11) The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, #11)
by (shelved 23 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.92 — 42,071 ratings — published 2000
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Predator (Kay Scarpetta, #14) Predator (Kay Scarpetta, #14)
by (shelved 22 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.73 — 36,262 ratings — published 2005
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Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.23 — 14,471 ratings — published 2003
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Scarpetta (Kay Scarpetta, #16) Scarpetta (Kay Scarpetta, #16)
by (shelved 21 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.82 — 36,421 ratings — published 2008
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Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, #15) Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, #15)
by (shelved 21 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.71 — 36,181 ratings — published 2007
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Trace (Kay Scarpetta, #13) Trace (Kay Scarpetta, #13)
by (shelved 21 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.83 — 39,624 ratings — published 2004
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Bones Are Forever (Temperance Brennan, #15) Bones Are Forever (Temperance Brennan, #15)
by (shelved 20 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.91 — 24,551 ratings — published 2012
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Flash and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #14) Flash and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #14)
by (shelved 20 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.90 — 25,349 ratings — published 2011
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Port Mortuary (Kay Scarpetta, #18) Port Mortuary (Kay Scarpetta, #18)
by (shelved 20 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.66 — 27,431 ratings — published 2010
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Black Notice (Kay Scarpetta, #10) Black Notice (Kay Scarpetta, #10)
by (shelved 20 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.93 — 45,719 ratings — published 1999
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Cross Bones (Temperance Brennan, #8) Cross Bones (Temperance Brennan, #8)
by (shelved 20 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,772 ratings — published 2005
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Dexter by Design (Dexter, #4) Dexter by Design (Dexter, #4)
by (shelved 19 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.76 — 29,979 ratings — published 2008
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Dexter Is Delicious (Dexter, #5) Dexter Is Delicious (Dexter, #5)
by (shelved 18 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.82 — 23,893 ratings — published 2010
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Flesh and Bone (Body Farm #2) Flesh and Bone (Body Farm #2)
by (shelved 18 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.06 — 10,982 ratings — published 2007
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Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,648 ratings — published 1994
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Red Mist (Kay Scarpetta, #19) Red Mist (Kay Scarpetta, #19)
by (shelved 16 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.84 — 29,508 ratings — published 2011
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The Scarpetta Factor (Kay Scarpetta, #17) The Scarpetta Factor (Kay Scarpetta, #17)
by (shelved 16 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.76 — 29,101 ratings — published 2009
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Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.32 — 48,975 ratings — published 2018
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The Bone Bed (Kay Scarpetta, #20) The Bone Bed (Kay Scarpetta, #20)
by (shelved 15 times as forensic)
avg rating 3.77 — 28,178 ratings — published 2012
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The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1) The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.20 — 196,826 ratings — published 1997
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Bones Never Lie (Temperance Brennan, #17) Bones Never Lie (Temperance Brennan, #17)
by (shelved 14 times as forensic)
avg rating 4.03 — 21,275 ratings — published 2014
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Steven Magee
“I became delusional at the largest solar farm in the USA. I could smell smoke that no one else could and I thought the high voltage 24,000V equipment was on fire. Afterwards, I had an insatiable thirst all evening. It cleared up with sleep. My forensic examination of the incident indicated it was either a biologically toxic electromagnetic field exposure, or someone had spiked my food and/or drink with a drug. There was illegal activity occurring at the solar farm that I was investigating and reporting to the company management team.”
Steven Magee

Kathy Reichs
“Bone is a miniature universe in which birth and death occur constantly. The basic unit is the osteon, composed of concentric loops of bone, a canal, osteocytes, vessels, and nerves. In living tissue osteons are born, nourished, and eventually replaced by newer units.

When magnified and viewed under polarized light, osteons resemble tiny volcanoes, ovoid cones with central craters and flanks that spread out to flatlands of primary bone. The number of volcanoes increases with age, as does the count of abandoned calderas. By determining the density of these features one arrives at an age estimate.”
Kathy Reichs, Fatal Voyage

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