Dr. Bill Brockton, a forensic anthropologist in Tennessee, in the Body Farm series:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/50492-body-farm
Novels:
Carved in Bone (2006)
Flesh and Bone (2007)
The Devil's Bones (2008)
Bones of Betrayal (2009)
The Bone Thief (2010)
The Bone Yard (2011)
The Inquisitor's Key (2012)
Cut to the Bone (2013)
The Breaking Point (2015)
Stories:
Madonna and Corpse (2012)
Jordan's Stormy Banks (2013)
Jefferson Bass is the pen name of Jon Jefferson, writer, and Dr. Bill Bass, renowned forensic anthropologist. Jefferson and Bass have collaborated on 2 nonfiction books and 6 crime novels; their 7th novel, The Inquisitor's Key, will be published in May 2012. Dr. Bass, founder of the University of Tennessee's "Body Farm," is an author on more than 200 scientific publications. Jefferson is a veteran journalist and documentary filmmaker; his two National Geographic documentaries on the Body Farm were seen around the world.