This classic Kay Scarpetta thriller is reissued with a new Introduction by the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author. In rural North Carolina, the brutal murder of an 11-year-old shatters a small town. Now, Kay must conduct a grisly investigation at a clandestine facility in Tennessee kno...

This classic Kay Scarpetta thriller is reissued with a new Introduction by the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author. In rural North Carolina, the brutal murder of an 11-year-old shatters a small town. Now, Kay must conduct a grisly investigation at a clandestine facility in Tennessee known as "The Body Farm."

When an eleven-year-old girl is found murdered, Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia, gets another chance at stopping one of the most heartless and horrifying serial killers of her career: the demented Temple Gault.