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Under cover of night in Richmond, Virginia, a human monster strikes, leaving a gruesome trail of stranglings that has paralyzed the city. Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta suspects the worst: a deliberate campaign by a brilliant serial killer whose signature offers precious few clues. With an unerring eye, she calls on the latest advances in forensic research to unmask the madman. But this investigation will test Kay like no other, because it's being sabotaged from within and someone wants her dead.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781439187517 |
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Publisher: | Scribner |
Publication date: | 12/01/2009 |
Series: | Kay Scarpetta Series , #1 |
Sold by: | SIMON & SCHUSTER |
Format: | NOOK Book |
Pages: | 352 |
Sales rank: | 14,728 |
File size: | 5 MB |
About the Author

Patricia Cornwell is recognized as one of the world’s top bestselling crime authors with novels translated into thirty-six languages in more than 120 countries. Her novels have won numerous prestigious awards including the Edgar, the Creasey, the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Prix du Roman d’Aventure. Beyond the Scarpetta series, Cornwell has written a definitive book about Jack the Ripper, a biography, and two more fiction series among others. Cornwell, a licensed helicopter pilot and scuba diver, actively researches the cutting-edge forensic technologies that inform her work. She was born in Miami, grew up in Montreat, NC, and now lives and works in Boston. Find out more at PatriciaCornwell.com, at Facebook.com/Patricia.Cornwell, on Twitter: @1pcornwell, and on Instagram: @1pcornwell.
Hometown:
Boston, MA and New York, NYDate of Birth:
June 9, 1956Place of Birth:
Miami, FloridaEducation:
B.A. in English, Davidson College, 1979; King CollegeWebsite:
http://www.patriciacornwell.comCustomer Reviews
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