The Body Farm Matthew Crow Ten-year-old Eliza knows little of

Ten-year-old Eliza knows little of what awaits them on these shores beyond shining pearls and shells like soup plates the things her father has promised will make their fortune

'In this novel more than any other Braine shows that he know what men - and women - are like' (The Daily Telegraph)

Tom discovers that the training business is on the edge

is in crisis

The Body Farm Matthew Crow Ten-year-old Eliza knows little ofBlack Mountain, North Carolina: a sleepy little town where the local police deal with one homicide a year, if they're unlucky, and where people are still getting used to the idea of locking their doors at night. But violent death is no respecter of venue, and the discovery of the corpse of the corpse of an 11 year old girl sends shock waves through the community. Dr Kay Scarpetta, Chief medical Examiner on a similar case in Virginia, is called in to