As the nation's top forensic sculptor, Eve Duncan has to identify nine skulls unearthed on a bluff near Georgia's Talladega Falls. One of those skulls could be her missing daughters.

Presents an introduction to forensic science, explaining how anthropologists use human remains such as skeletons and bones to identify victims and solve mysterious and violent crimes.

"This training manual is designed to serve three purposes: to be used as a general introduction to the field of forensic anthropology; as a framework for training; and as a practical reference tool. The book will make readers aware of the challenges and responsibilities of the forensic scientist, the multidisciplinary nature of the work, and the international potential for the forensic sciences. The manual examines physical evidence, death investigation...

"Uses true crime stories to explain the science of forensics and physical anthropology"--Provided by publisher.

Recounts the story of the Dozier School, a Florida reform school shut down in 2011 due to reports of cruelty, abuse, and mysterious deaths, and the efforts of the author, a leading forensic anthropologist, to locate and exhume the graves of the boys buried there in order to reunite them with their families.