NMLP P-024123 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Body Farm

Patricia Cornwell · Charles Scribner's Sons · 1994

US Charles Scribner's Sons is the true first; the fifth Kay Scarpetta novel, in which Scarpetta, Benton Wesley and Pete Marino pursue the serial killer Temple Gault at the request of North Carolina authorities.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-024123 for "The Body Farm" by Patricia Cornwell (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-024123, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).