Body Farm ist der 5. Teil der Buchserie um Kay Scarpetta. Im Mittelpunkt steht der Mord an der 5 jährigen Emely. Da die Spuren an ihr widersprüchlich sind wird Kay dazugerufen um den Fall aufzulösen. Also ich muss sagen der Einstieg ins Buch viel mir wirklich schwer. Zu Beginn sind gleich so viele Namen im Spiel, dass ich mir überhaupt nicht merken konnte, wer wohin gehört. Ansonsten ist das Buch sehr detailreich und sachlich geschrieben und die kriminaltechnischen Details wirken sehr realistisch. Insgesamt ist mir aber zuviel Fokus auf das Privatleben der Figuren gelegt und auch die Body Farm aus dem Titel kommt nur einmal kurz im Buch vor. Alles in allem nicht schlecht, aber mit viel Luft nach oben.

It was only when I logged it on Goodreads when I realized this isn’t a stand alone book. I’ll probably get into the first few and some of the later ones as well, because this book made me want to learn a bit more about the characters (especially Lucy’s) background. BUT you can also read it without having read the first ones which is a big plus, because I obviously don’t own them (yet). At first I was a bit torn between giving 3 or 4 stars I’d want to give it 3 stars for being mostly predictable, but also want to give it 4 stars because Mrs Cornwell still managed to write it interesting enough to not put it down. I think if I can already tell who the murderer is pretty early in the book -which might also be due to me mostly reading thrillers?- but it’s still hard for me to put the book down, that says a lot about the book. I also liked most of these characters and if I didn’t like them, I kinda liked how much I disliked them. My favorite part was the name-giving part, when Dr. Scarpetta FINALLY went to a body farm. The title was one of the main reasons as to why I wanted to read the book. Just to find out it gets mentioned like twice and then they give it a teeny tiny chapter hahaha. But it’s ok. Still got me excited. Something I kinda disliked: the affair? Like… why? The author could’ve made them both single and it would’ve barely changed their relationship. But that’s probably just my personal preference. Altogether I can say: it was a great book with its little flaws, I’m still looking forward to read more of Dr. Scarpettas cases.