00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Beckett, Simon aut Verfasser/-in THRILLER forensics dead crime fiction The Restless Dead evidence never lies ... but people do Simon Beckett London Bantam 2017 #‘Composed of over sixty per cent water itself, a human body isn’t naturally buoyant. It will float only for as long as there is air in its lungs, before gradually sinking to the bottom as the air seeps out. If the water is very cold or deep, it will remain there, undergoing a slow, dark dissolution that can take years. But if the water is warm enough for bacteria to feed and multiply, then it will continue to decompose. Gases will build up in the intestines, increasing the body’s buoyancy until it floats again.#And the dead will literally rise . . . ‘ 9780857503824 9780857503824 0857503820 0857503820 ger 484 S.