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Author | Patricia Cornwell |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Kay Scarpetta |
Genre | Crime fiction |
Publisher | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
Publication date | 1998 |
Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
Pages | 416 |
ISBN | 0-399-14394-7 |
OCLC | 41929864 |
Preceded by | Unnatural Exposure |
Followed by | Black Notice |
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Dr Kay Scarpetta, Virginia Chief Medical Examiner and consulting pathologist for the federal law enforcement agency ATF, is called out to a farmhouse in Virginia that has been destroyed by fire. In the ruins of the house she finds a body that tells a story of a violent and grisly murder.
The fire has come at the same time as Carrie Grethen, a killer who nearly destroyed the lives of Scarpetta and those closest to her, has escaped from a forensic psychiatric hospital. Her whereabouts is unknown, but her ultimate destination is not, for Carrie has begun to communicate with Scarpetta, conveying her deadly—if cryptic—plans for revenge.
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