From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Goodbye Man, discover Jeffery Deaver's chilling thriller that inspired the film starring Angelina Jolie and Denzel Washington and is now a major NBC TV series. Their first case, their worst killer . . . New York City has been thrown into chaos by the assaults of the Bone Collector, a serial kidnapper and killer who gives the police a chance to save his victims from death by leaving obscure clues. Baffled, the cops turn to the one man with a chance of solving them - Lincoln Rhyme. Left paralysed by a debilitating accident, ex NYPD cop Rhyme has to dig deep into the only world he has left - his astonishing mind - to have any hope of solving the case. With the help of a young police officer, Amelia Sachs, he starts to close in on the killer. But as he edges closer to the truth, the Bone Collector is closing in on Lincoln Rhyme himself. 'This is a novel that will chill your blood on the warmest day of any summer holiday. Keep looking over your shoulder . . .' Independent on Sunday

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Fourteen-year-old Bing is upset with his father for forcing him to help him dig up the bones of Chinese men and women in order to send them back to China. After they discover a skeleton without a skull, Ba is haunted by the powerful ghost. Later Bing gets a job as houseboy for a wealthy family, where he finds another ghost haunting the family. Bing is finally able to find out what both ghosts want from the living and rescues his father from impending death.

Elias, known as the Bone Collector, is not the villain he seems to be, but a craftsman who weaves stories from forgotten lives. His delicate mobiles crafted from bones speak of mortality and remembrance. One night, his routine is broken by a tiny, perfectly formed skull he finds beneath a weeping willow. Drawn by a haunting lullaby sung by Elara, a grieving mother, he learns the story behind the child's death. As he places the skull back and adds a carved bird symbolizing hope, Elias connects deeply with the sorrow of a mother’s love and loss. "The Bone Collector's Lullaby" is a poignant tale of mourning, memory, and the enduring power of love.

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In The House of Bones, renowned forensic anthropologist Pasquale De Marco takes readers on a captivating journey into the enigmatic world of human remains, where bones hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of our past and guiding us towards the future. Through the lens of forensic science, Pasquale De Marco unravels the secrets concealed within the skeletal remains of our ancestors and contemporaries, revealing the triumphs and tragedies that have shaped our history. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of forensic anthropology, from ancient burial practices to modern crime scene investigation, providing a comprehensive overview of this fascinating field. With meticulous precision and profound empathy, Pasquale De Marco examines the role of DNA analysis in identifying victims, the interpretation of skeletal trauma in reconstructing violent events, and the reconstruction of facial features in bringing closure to families. Through real-life case studies and cutting-edge research, The House of Bones showcases the extraordinary power of forensic anthropology to speak for the dead and shed light on the mysteries of human existence. This captivating book is not only a testament to the enduring power of the human body but also a celebration of the resilience and ingenuity of those who dedicate their lives to unraveling the secrets of our past and present. Whether you are a seasoned forensic professional, a student with a passion for human biology, or simply someone fascinated by the intersection of science and history, The House of Bones offers an unforgettable journey into the depths of human experience. If you like this book, write a review on google books!

In growing numbers, archeologists are specializing in the analysis of excavated animal bones as clues to the environment and behavior of ancient peoples. This pathbreaking work provides a detailed discussion of the outstanding issues and methods of bone studies that will interest zooarcheologists as well as paleontologists who focus on reconstructing ecologies from bones. Because large samples of bones from archeological sites require tedious and time-consuming analysis, the authors also offer a set of computer programs that will greatly simplify the bone specialist's job. After setting forth the interpretive framework that governs their use of numbers in faunal analysis, Richard G. Klein and Kathryn Cruz-Uribe survey various measures of taxonomic abundance, review methods for estimating the sex and age composition of a fossil species sample, and then give examples to show how these measures and sex/age profiles can provide useful information about the past. In the second part of their book, the authors present the computer programs used to calculate and analyze each numerical measure or count discussed in the earlier chapters. These elegant and original programs, written in BASIC, can easily be used by anyone with a microcomputer or with access to large mainframe computers.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR TELEVISION EVENT FROM NBC, STARRING RUSSELL HORNSBY, ARIELLE KEBBEL, AND MICHAEL IMPERIOLI. Lincoln Rhyme, the quadriplegic detective made famous in The Bone Collector is back in a thriller from the masterful Jeffery Deaver. When a sadistic killer leaves clocks at his murder scenes, will time run out for the criminologist and his partner Amelia Sachs? On a frigid December night, an eerie pattern emerges from two equally brutal murder scenes, where a killer’s calling card is a moon-faced clock that seemingly ticked away the victims’ last moments. From his wheelchair, criminologist Lincoln Rhyme tracks the Watchmaker, a time-obsessed genius. With every passing second, the Watchmaker is moving with razor-sharp precision to his next act of perfectly orchestrated violence—and Rhyme can’t afford to have his trusted partner Amelia Sachs distracted by a daunting homicide case of her own. Up against a brilliant madman, Rhyme and Sachs are locked in a blood-chilling race with their deadliest enemy: time itself.