The Bone Woman is a firsthand memoir by forensic anthropologist Clea Koff, recounting UN missions to Rwanda, Bosnia and Kosovo. The book describes field investigations into mass graves, methods used to identify victims, and the role of forensic evidence in international prosecutions.

Koff describes intense scenes—exhuming nearly five hundred bodies at Kibuye, uncovering victims bound with wire at Srebrenica, and disinterring a young man in Kosovo as family looked on. She explains forensic techniques, the practical difficulties of working under UN systems, and the emotional weight of documenting atrocities.

Part scientific field report and part personal reflection, the narrative will interest readers of forensic science, genocide studies, and contemporary history. It combines procedural detail with a concern for justice, memory, and the human costs behind the evidence.

• On-the-ground forensic methods
• Insight into UN war crimes investigations
• Memoir that connects science and justice

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