The body farm / by Patricia Daniels Cornwell.
The Body Farm - a research institute that tests the decomposition of corpses. Black Mountain, North Carolina: a sleepy little town where the local police deal with one homicide a year, if they're unlucky, and where people are still getting used to the idea of locking their doors at night. But violent death is no respecter of venue, and the discovery of the corpse of the corpse of an 11-year-old girl sends shock waves through the community. Dr Kay Scarpetta, Chief medical Examiner on a similar case in Virginia, is called in to apply her forensic skills to this latest atrocity, but the apparent simplicity of the case proves something of a poisoned chalice - until Scarpetta finds enlightenment through the curious pathologists' playground known as the Body Farm ...
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- ISBN: 0425201449
- ISBN: 9780425201442
- ISBN: 0684195976
- ISBN: 9780684195971
- ISBN: 0425147622
- ISBN: 9780425147627
- Physical Description: 387 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Scribner's, [1994]
- Copyright: ©1994
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | FIC COR (Text) | 37810434949904 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/20/2026 |
| Alexander Main Library | M Cornwell (Text) | 34269000321605 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | F CORNWELL (Text) | 30664100158523 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | F COR (Text) | 80605000808880 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | FIC COR (Text) | 31111000907700 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| BHM Headquarters Library | FIC (Text) | 38344100035680 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Branch | M Cornwell (Text) | 34269000935503 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/27/2026 |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Cornwell (Text) | 540191000600042 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| C.B. Hildebrand Public Library | F COR (Text) | 33557004104972 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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The Body Farm - a research institute that tests the decomposition of corpses. Black Mountain, North Carolina: a sleepy little town where the local police deal with one homicide a year, if they're unlucky, and where people are still getting used to the idea of locking their doors at night. But violent death is no respecter of venue, and the discovery of the corpse of the corpse of an 11-year-old girl sends shock waves through the community. Dr Kay Scarpetta, Chief medical Examiner on a similar case in Virginia, is called in to apply her forensic skills to this latest atrocity, but the apparent simplicity of the case proves something of a poisoned chalice - until Scarpetta finds enlightenment through the curious pathologists' playground known as the Body Farm ...
