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| Author | Patricia Cornwell |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Kay Scarpetta |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Scribner |
Publication date | 1994 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (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.
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.
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