num_pages: 401
description: Someone is after Beryl Madison -- spying on her, making threatening phone calls. Terrified, she flees to Key West. When she comes back home it's not harassment that's waiting...it's murder. Someone kills her, someone she trusted enough to open her door to.Police work begins with Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner. She finds laboratory clues no one wants to believe. So she follows them herself, putting her professional career -- and her life -- on the line."Cornwell makes looking through a microscope as exciting as hot pursuit." (Washington Post)
language: English
title: Body of Evidence
titlecomplete: Body of Evidence (Kay Scarpetta, #2)
characters: Kay Scarpetta, Beryl Madison, Al Hunt, Cary Harper, Mark James, Benton Wesley, Pete Marino, Sterling Harper
genres: Mystery, Adult, Murder Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 76270
places: Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
series: Kay Scarpetta
publisher: Avon