On a wooded hillside in Tennessee blowflies, bacteria and buzzards fest on human flesh, unhindered by coffins or mausoleums. They're buried in shallow graves; submerged in tanks of water; concealed under slabs of concrete; locked in the boots and backseats of rusting cars. They are serving the needs of science in the cause of justice. In DEATH'S ACRE Dr Bill Bass, the facility's founder and one of the world's leading forensic scientists, describes how he created it and how the work of he and his colleagues have brought murderers to justice and cleared the names of the innocent. Within a riveting narrative he details his own career and the many criminal cases he has been involved in, bringing forensic science vividly to life and highlighting its crucial role in modern day policing.
- ISBN10 0316725285
- ISBN13 9780316725286
- Publish Date 6 November 2003 (first published 1 October 2003)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 December 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Little, Brown Book Group
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English