In this study, Sachs accompanies an eccentric group of entomologists, anthropologists, biochemists, and botanists, a new kind of biological "Mod Squad", on some of their grisliest, most intractable cases. She also takes us into the courtroom, where "post-O.J." forensic science as a whole is coming under fire and the new multidisciplinary art of forensic ecology is struggling to establish its credibility. "Corpse" is the story of the 2000 year search to pinpoint time of death. It is also the terrible and beautiful story of what happens to our bodies when we die.