Author: Patricia Cornwell
#1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns to the chilling world of gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta in this suspense classic. Little Emily Steiner left a church meeting late one afternoon and strolled toward home along a lakeside path; a week later, her nude body was discovered, bound in blaze-orange duct tape. Called by the North Carolina authorities, forensic pathologist Kay … pathologist Kay Scarpetta recognizes similarities to the gruesome work of a serial killer who has long eluded the FBI But as she tries to make sense of the evidence, she is left with questions that lead her to the…
A New York Times bestseller: Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta travels to Ireland to investigate a series of murders — and when she returns, a shockingly similar killing pulls her into a high-stakes case. “Fascinating… Cornwell delivers the goods” (Publishers Weekly).
A #1 New York Times bestseller with over 20,000 five-star Goodreads ratings! With a murderer on the loose who uses fire to hide his crimes, medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta faces one of her toughest cases yet. “Ablaze with Cornwell’s finest, scariest writing” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
A #1 New York Times bestseller: Kay Scarpetta is beginning her career as a private forensic consultant with a baffling cold case when a death row inmate’s request revives the violent past… “A story so compelling that even long-time readers will be stunned by its twists and turns” (Chicago Tribune).
Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta accepts an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured man on Bellevue Hospital’s psychiatric prison ward. The handcuffed and chained patient, Oscar Bane, has specifically asked for her, and when she literally has her gloved hands on him, he begins to talk—and … the story he has to tell turns out to be one of the most bizarre she has ever heard.The injuries, he says, were sustained in the course of a murder… that he did not commit. Is…