Patricia Cornwell | Body Of Evidence
Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell is the second novel in the acclaimed Kay Scarpetta series. Reclusive writer Beryl Madison is terrified. Someone has been watching her and making threatening, obscene phone calls. She escapes to Key West, but eventually returns to her Richmond home – and on the very night of her arrival, inexplicably lets her killer through the door. Soon Beryl is found brutally murdered and her final manuscript has vanished.
For Dr Kay Scarpetta, the case raises disturbing questions. Why would Beryl willingly admit the person who killed her? Did she know her attacker, and what does her mysterious relationship with a celebrated author have to do with the missing manuscript? As Scarpetta retraces the dead woman's final steps, a forensic investigation that begins with microscopes and laboratory evidence develops into something far more dangerous. Tense, intricately plotted and rich in forensic detail, Body of Evidence helped establish Patricia Cornwell's distinctive blend of crime fiction, medical investigation and psychological suspense.
- • Publisher: Warner Books / Time Warner Books
• Language: English
• Cover: Paperback
• Edition: New Edition / British reissue
• Year of publication: 2000
• Number of pages: 387
• Dimensions: approximately 175–180 × 105–110 mm
• Weight: approximately 212 g
• Genre: Crime novel, forensic thriller, mystery






