Written In Bone

WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION
''Gripping from the start, Written in Bone is superb'' - Dr Richard Shepherd, author of Unnatural Causes
''No Scientist communicates better than Sue Black'' - Val McDermid, author of Still Life
''Macabre, authoritative and fascinating.'' - The Sunday Times

Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow.

Drawing upon her years of research and a wealth of remarkable experience, the world-renowned forensic anthropologist Professor Dame Sue Black takes us on a journey of revelation. From skull to feet, via the face, spine, chest, arms, hands, pelvis and legs, she shows that each part of us has a tale to tell. What we eat, where we go, everything we do leaves a trace, a message that waits patiently for months, years, sometimes centuries, until a forensic anthropologist is called upon to decip