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Loading... The Body Farm (Scarpetta) (original 1994; edition 2004)by Patricia Cornwell
Work InformationThe Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell (1994)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. mystery; probably her best to date I have indulged in this series for the last three weeks. this is the fifth book I have read. I enjoy the fast paced, and well done research to make everything both well explained and easy to fallow. I love the characters and love the way each story adds to the series. I always seem to say this is my favorite after each one. I am extremely drawn to the relationship that kay has with each members of her team and I love her niece Lucy. It took me awhile to get into this. The author was going for realism and early on I found myself bogged down with jargon and struggling to remember who was who, or even who was speaking during conversations, which seems to have been left intentionally vague for effect. On page 66 someone addressed a Kay and I wondered “who’s Kay?” (Kay is the main character). I got into it eventually and enjoyed it well enough, though I found parts of it far-fetched, especially that no reviews | add a review
Fiction.
Mystery.
Thriller.
HTML:#1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns to the chilling world of gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta in this classic forensic thriller. Little Emily Steiner left a church meeting late one afternoon and strolled toward home along a lakeside path; a week later, her nude body was discovered, bound in blaze-orange duct tape. Called by the North Carolina authorities, forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta recognizes similarities to the gruesome work of a serial killer who has long eluded the FBI But as she tries to make sense of the evidence, she is left with questions that lead her to the Body Farm, a little known research facility in Tennessee where, with the help of some grisly experiments, she might discover the answer. It is Scarpetta alone who can interpret the forensic hieroglyphics that eventually reveal a solution to the case as staggering as it is horrifying. But she must also endeavor to help her niece, Lucy, who is embroiled in controversy at Quantico. And Scarpetta, too, is vulnerable, as she opens herself to the first physical and emotional bond she has felt in far too long a time. Tenacious and brilliant, tender and gentle, this is Scarpetta even more realized and poignant than we've seen her beforeâ??in a stunning achievement from a bestselling author at the peak of her powe No library descriptions found. |
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