The Body Farm (novel)

Last updated

The Body Farm
Patricia Cornwell - The Body Farm.jpg
First edition
Author Patricia Cornwell
LanguageEnglish
Series Kay Scarpetta
Genre Crime fiction
Publisher Scribner
Publication date
1994
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
ISBN 0-684-19597-6
OCLC 43377603
Preceded by Cruel and Unusual  
Followed by From Potter's Field  

The Body Farm is a crime fiction novel by Patricia Cornwell. It is the fifth book in the Dr. Kay Scarpetta series.

Contents

Plot summary

Kay Scarpetta is called in to assist in the investigation of the brutal murder of 11-year-old Emily Steiner in rural North Carolina, whose murder resembles the handiwork of a serial killer who has eluded the FBI for years. Scarpetta is joined by her ingenious and rebellious niece, Lucy, an FBI intern with a promising future in Quantico's computer engineering facility. To help with the investigation, Scarpetta turns to a clandestine research facility in Tennessee known as the Body Farm. There she finds answers to Emily Steiner's murder.

Characters in The Body Farm

Victims

Other deaths

Major themes

Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science

References

  1. "Body Farm Team Digs into Soil Underneath a Decomposing Body". Forensic Magazine. August 18, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2024.