The Body Farm

TheBodyFarm-aresearchinstitutethatteststhedecompositionofcorpses.BlackMountain,NorthCarolina:asleepylittletownwherethelocalpolicedealwithonehomicideayear,ifthey'reunlucky,andwherepeoplearestillgettingusedtotheideaoflockingtheirdoorsatnight.Butviolentdeathisnorespecterofvenue,andthediscoveryofthecorpseofthecorpseofan11-year-oldgirlsendsshockwavesthroughthecommunity.DrKayScarpetta,ChiefmedicalExamineronasimilarcaseinVirginia,iscalledintoapplyherforensicskillstothislatestatrocity,buttheapparentsimplicityofthecaseprovessomethingofapoisonedchalice-untilScarpettafindsenlightenmentthroughthecuriouspathologists'playgroundknownastheBodyFarm.