Body Farm, The

Cornwell ( Body of Evidence ; All That Remains ) casts a wider, surer narra tive net in the latest case set for her increasingly complex heroine, Kay S carpetta, Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia. As an FB I consultant, Scarpetta investigates the North Carolina murder of 11-year-o ld Emily Steiner, whose mutilation suggests the M.O. of an escaped killer m et previously in Cruel and Unusual. Forensic clues from the body's second a utopsy prompt Scarpetta to request that certain experiments be made at the University of Tennessee's Decay Research Facility, known as the Body Farm. Meanwhile, she, Pete Marino of the Richmond, Va., police, and her new love interest, FBI Unit Chief Benton Wesley investigate the apparent suicide (fr om autoerotic asphyxiation) of the local FBI agent in charge of the case. T hen, Scarpetta's computer-whiz niece Lucy, working at FBI headquarters at Q uantico, is charged with violating security. During her travels between Nor th Carolina and Virginia, Scarpetta worries about both the less-than-forthc oming Lucy and Marino, who becomes emotionally entangled with Emily's beaut iful stricken mother. Results at the Body Farm lead her to a convincing, if abrupt, resolution. Deeper characterization and a more intricate plot mark this fifth in a consistently compelling series.

Product Info

ISBN: 0425147622

ISBN-13: 9780425147627

Publisher: Berkley

Year: 1995

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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