{"product_id":"9780807183809","title":"Trail of Bones","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and an expert on  the human skeleton, Mary H. Manhein assists law enforcement officials  across the country in identifying bodies and solving criminal cases. In Trail of Bones, her much-anticipated sequel to The Bone Lady, Manhein  reveals the everyday realities of forensic anthropology. Going beyond  the stereotypes portrayed on television, this real-life crime scene  investigator unveils a gritty, exhausting, exacting, alternately  rewarding and frustrating world where teamwork supersedes individual  heroics and some cases unfortunately remain unsolved.   \tA natural storyteller, Manhein provides gripping accounts of dozens of  cases from her twenty-four-year career. Some of them are famous. She  describes her involvement in the hunt for two serial killers who  simultaneously terrorized the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, region for years;  her efforts to recover the remains of the seven astronauts killed in  the Columbia space shuttle crash in 2003; and her ultimately  successful struggle to identify the beheaded toddler known for years as  Precious Doe. Less well-known but equally compelling are cases involving  the remains of a Korean War soldier buried for more than forty years  and the mystery of \"Mardi Gras Man,\" who was wearing a string of plastic  beads when his body was discovered.   \tManhein describes how the increased popularity of tattoos has aided her  work and how forensic science has labored to expose frauds-including a  fake \"big foot\" track she examined from Louisiana's Kisatchie National  Forest. She also shares ambitious plans to create a database of  biological and DNA profiles of all of the state's missing and  unidentified persons.   Possessing both compassion and tenacity, Mary Manhein has an extraordinary gift for telling a life story through bones. Trail of Bones takes  readers on an entertaining and educating walk in the shoes of this  remarkable scientist who has dedicated her life to providing justice for  those no longer able to speak for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428927750196,"sku":"9780807183809","price":57.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9390\/2132\/files\/9780807183809.jpg?v=1774746051","url":"https:\/\/woodslane.com.au\/products\/9780807183809","provider":"Woodslane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}