Body of Evidence is the second novel in the Kay Scarpetta series by author Patricia Cornwell.
Late one night, Beryl Madison turned off the burglar alarm, dropped her gun, and opened the door for the man who had been stalking and terrorizing her for months. Hours later, her brutally mutilated body lay in the city morgue.

As Scarpetta begins to search for microscopic clues to the killer’s identity, one question keeps nagging her: why did Beryl let him in?