Not quite as good as the first one, I think, but still enjoyable. It's been a while since I read it, but I recall Postmortem as having a bit more science stuff in it, which was what particularly interested me. The only forensics that really turned up in Body of Evidence was a small bit related to fibres, and with the best will in the world I can't get excited about different types of nylon. Still, the characterisation remains appealing. I like Scarpetta, and I like the relationship she has with Marino. Hell, I even enjoy Marino and he makes a Neanderthal look refined - I think it's the contrast in their natures that works for me. I'm certainly much more interested in their snarky interactions than I am with the love interest that appears in this book, who isn't compelling in any way. Also not quite as compelling is the plot, which crams quite a lot of relatively outlandish stuff together. I mean it's interesting, but I'm reading more for character and concept in this series (all of two books in as I am) than anything else right now.