Kay Scarpetta · Book 5
The Body Farm
- Published
- 1 January 1994
- Pages
- 387
- ISBN-13
- 9780743527491
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Body Farm is a novel by Patricia Cornwell, in 1994 at 387 pages. It sits at #5 in Kay Scarpetta's reading order. Cruel and Unusual comes before it, From Potter's Field after.
Its place in Kay Scarpetta
The Body Farm is book 5 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows Cruel and Unusual. It is followed by From Potter's Field. See the full Kay Scarpetta reading order.
Kay Scarpetta is the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia (and, later, a federal forensic investigator and private consultant) whose autopsy table is where every case really begins. Patricia Cornwell's series is credited with popularising the modern forensic-procedural: DNA evidence, trace analysis and autopsy detail that were startlingly technical for genre fiction in 1990 and remain a core selling point today. Scarpetta investigates alongside her homicide-detective niece-in-all-but-name-later-partner Pete Marino…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780425147627
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780743527491