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The Body Farm
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The Body Farm Mass market paperbound - 2005

by Cornwell, Patricia

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This classic Kay Scarpetta thriller is reissued with a new Introduction by the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author. In rural North Carolina, the brutal murder of an 11-year-old shatters a small town. Now, Kay must conduct a grisly investigation at a clandestine facility in Tennessee known as "The Body Farm."

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Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Details

  • Title The Body Farm
  • Author Cornwell, Patricia
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 5
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2005-01-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 6375718-6
  • ISBN 9780425201442 / 0425201449
  • Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.58 x 4.21 x 1.04 in (19.25 x 10.69 x 2.64 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Virginia
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

When an eleven-year-old girl is found murdered, Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia, gets another chance at stopping one of the most heartless and horrifying serial killers of her career: the demented Temple Gault.

First line

ON THE SIXTEENTH OF OCTOBER, SHADOWY deer crept to the edge of dark woods beyond my window as the sun peeked over the cover of the night.

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Media reviews

"Among the grittiest of this season's crime novels...convincing...chilling."— Time
"All the pacing and suspense Cornwell fans have come to expect."— People
"Reminiscent of The Silence of the Lambs. Her writing is masterful."— Booklist

Citations

  • Ingram Paperback Advance, 01/01/2005, Page 16

About the author

Patricia Cornwell is considered one of the world's bestselling crime writers. Her intrepid medical examiner Kay Scarpetta first appeared on the scene in 1990 with Postmortem--the only novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d'Aventure in a single year--and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain's prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author. Ms. Cornwell's work is translated into 36 languages across more than 50 countries.