The Body Farm (Scarpetta #5)

Patricia Cornwell

$9.99

Publication Date: December 28th, 2004

Publisher:

Berkley

ISBN:

9780425201442

Pages:

400

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Description

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING KAY SCARPETTA NOVEL FROM PATRICIA CORNWELL

When an eleven-year-old girl is found murdered, Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia, gets another chance at stopping one of the most heartless and horrifying serial killers of her career: the demented Temple Gault.

About the Author

Patricia Cornwell is considered one of the world's bestselling crime writers. Her intrepid medical examiner Kay Scarpetta first appeared on the scene in 1990 with Postmortem—the only novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d'Aventure in a single year—and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain's prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author. Ms. Cornwell's work is translated into 36 languages across more than 50 countries.

Praise for The Body Farm (Scarpetta #5)

Praise for The Body Farm

“Among the grittiest of this season's crime novels...convincing...chilling.”—Time

“All the pacing and suspense Cornwell fans have come to expect.”—People

“Reminiscent of The Silence of the Lambs. Her writing is masterful.”—Booklist