The Body Farm - Couverture rigide

Cornwell, Patricia

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0684195976 ISBN 13 : 9780684195971

Editeur : Prentice Hall & IBD, 1994

Synopsis

Physical description; 387 p. ; 25 cm. Notes; NOT price-clipped. First edition and first printing. Summary; Dr. Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner for Virginia, investigates the sex murder of a girl by an escaped convict. The probe requires exhuming the body for a second autopsy. Lots of information on bodies and autopsies. By the author of Cruel and Unusual. Subjects; Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Women -- North Carolina -- Fiction. Medical examiners (Law) -- Fiction. Genres; Detective and mystery stories. Detective and mystery fiction. Fiction.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Little Emily Steiner left a church meeting late one afternoon and strolled toward home along a lakeside path; a week later, her nude body was discovered, bound in blaze-orange duct tape. Called by the North Carolina authorities, forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta recognizes similarities to the gruesome work of a serial killer who has long eluded the FBI But as she tries to make sense of the evidence, she is left with questions that lead her to the Body Farm, a little known research facility in Tennessee where, with the help of some grisly experiments, she might discover the answer.It is Scarpetta alone who can interpret the forensic hieroglyphics that eventually reveal a solution to the case as staggering as it is horrifying. But she must also endeavor to help her niece, Lucy, who is embroiled in controversy at Quantico. And Scarpetta, too, is vulnerable, as she opens herself to the first physical and emotional bond she has felt in far too long a time.Tenacious and brilliant, tender and gentle, this is Scarpetta even more realized and poignant than we've seen her before--in a stunning achievement from a best-selling author at the peak of her powers.

Biographie de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prentice Hall & IBD
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0684195976
• ISBN 13: 9780684195971
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 387
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible