The Body Farm
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| Author | Patricia Cornwell |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Kay Scarpetta |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Scribner |
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1994 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
| Pages | 320 |
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| 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, rebellious and very annoying 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.
The novel, and its title, were inspired by the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, which is used in the study of forensic anthropology, in particular human decomposition.
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