Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist

From a skeleton, a skull, a mere fragment of burnt thighbone, prominent forensic anthropologist Dr. William Maples can deduce the age, gender, and ethnicity of a murder victim, the manner in which the person was dispatched, and, ultimately, the identity of the killer.  In Dead Men Do Tell Tales, Dr. Maples revisits his strangest, most interesting, and most horrific investigations, from the baffling cases of conquistador Francisco Pizarro and Vietnam MIAs to the mysterious deaths of President Zachary Taylor and the family of Czar Nicholas II.

• Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales
• Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science
• Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science
• The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist
• Introduction to Forensic Science and Criminalistics
• Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime
• Forensic Anthropology: Current Methods and Practice
• Introduction to Forensic Anthropology
• The Human Bone Manual
• Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner