There isn’t much left of the irascible Albert Evan Jasper, ‘dean of American forensic anthropologists,’ after his demise within a fiery motor vehicle accident. But in accord along with his wishes, his remains-a few charred items of bone-are set up within an Oregon museum to create a fascinating if macabre exhibit. All concur that it is a fitted end for a great forensic scientist-until what’s remaining of him disappears in the midst of the biannual conference (a.k.a., the ‘bone tissue bash and weenie roast’) of the august WAFA-the on the subject of Make No Bone fragments American Association of Forensic Anthropologists-in nearby Bend, Oregon.

Like his fellow attendees, Gideon Oliver-the Skeleton Detective-is baffled. Just the WAFA guests could possibly have got made off using the continues to be, but who in the world would steal something like that? And just why? All acquired a chance, but who had a motive?

Soon enough, the discovery of another body within a close by shallow grave will bring towards the fore a much deeper, more urgent mystery, and when among the current participants is found deceased in his cabin, most hell breaks loose.

Gideon Oliver is currently faced with the most difficult challenge of his career-unmasking a dangerous, amazing killer who has learned every bit as very much about forensic science as he will. Or almost.