Crime Series #5

 The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell 

There was a lot going on in this book. First, we have a child victim in a small town that is made to look like the victim from the previous book, the killer is still out there. Then, we have Lucy having an internship at the FBI and her being set up for espionage and terrorism charges, that were eventually proven false and she was able to return to the FBI. Then we have Merino falling for the mom of the dead girl. Then we have Kay having an affair with Wesley, the profiler from the FBI. Then we have the escaped killer from the previous book being seen at the mall by Kay and her running away from him. Then, it turns out that mom was the one that actually killed her daughter and she was in the process of killing Merino, but Kay was able to get to his car, get his shotgun, and kill her and save him. Then there's Dorothy. Kay got Lucy into a treatment center for her alcohol consumption, and Dorothy wouldn't let Kay go with them to drop her off, and Dorothy told Lucy that Kay didn't want to go. Then, Dorothy made it all about her, instead of being concerned about Lucy and her well being, she was just concerned about how this would impact her next book. It was high time Kay finally yelled at her and told her she was a horrible parent. This was a lot. I am disappointed by most of what went on in this book. Lucy is the only character that I'm not mad at; she's still young and can't be faulted for being fooled easily.