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Pub Date: 2013-09-24 Pages: 400 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins Forged in the crucible of World War II. Oak Ridge. Tennessee. was a top-secret military installation-the linchpin of the Manhattan Project Brilliant careers were born. and dark secrets buried in the desperate race to build the Bomb. Those secrets begin to emerge when the body of a renowned physicist is discovered facedown in a frozen swimming pool.Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton. founder of the Body Farm. is shocked when an autopsy reveals the cause of Dr. Leonard Novaks death: a deadly radioactive pellet inside the elderly scientists body Who would commit such a horrific crime Is it related to Novaks role in creating Americas deadliest weapon The answers may lie with the victims aging ex-wife.. Beatrice. a captivating yet utterly unreliable storyteller. Careening between history and fantasy. de...