Director of the Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Laboratory at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Mary H. Manhein's previous books are The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist (LSU Press, 1999), Trail of Bones: More Cases from the Files of a Forensic Anthropologist (LSU Press, 2005), and the mystery novel Floating Souls: The Canal Murders (Margaret Media, 2012).