Body Of Evidence
Kay Scarpetta • Book 2
Narrated by C. J. Critt
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
Beryl Madison deactivated her own alarm and opened the door to her killer — and that one haunting detail will drive you through 12 hours of Scarpetta untangling why.
- Great if you want: forensic procedurals with a sharp, morally grounded detective
- Listening experience: methodical and cerebral — builds dread through detail, not action
- Narration: C. J. Critt delivers Scarpetta's cool clinical voice with quiet authority
- Skip if: you prefer faster plots over forensic and psychological depth
About This Audiobook
Body of Evidence is the second Kay Scarpetta novel, following the murder of Beryl Madison, a successful writer who had been receiving threats before someone nearly decapitates her in her own home on the night she lets her guard down. The missing manuscript and the question of who she trusted enough to open her door are the case's two defining puzzles, and Scarpetta must navigate her own professional pressures while pursuing both.
C.J. Critt's narration established the audio template for the Scarpetta series, her voice giving the chief medical examiner the forensic precision and human empathy that Cornwell intended. The early novels' reliance on the Richmond forensic establishment as setting and atmosphere comes through in Critt's performance with a specificity that later, more mobile entries in the series sometimes lack.
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