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The legendary Patricia Cornwell is back with her No.1 bestselling, groundbreaking series following Kay Scarpetta Kay Scarpetta is back, and this time she's right in the path of danger... World-renowned forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta and her husband Benton, a psychologist with the US Secret Service, have returned to Virginia. They are headquartered five miles from the Pentagon in a post-pandemic world that's been torn by civil and political unrest. Just weeks into the job, Scarpetta is called to a railway track where a woman's body has been shockingly displayed, her throat cut down to the spine. But the trail of clues will lead Scarpetta back to her own neighbourhood. At the same time, a catastrophe occurs in a top-secret lab in outer space, endangering the scientists aboard. Scarpetta is summoned to the White House to find out what happened. As she starts the new investigation, an apparent serial killer strikes again, this time dangerously close to home. Praise for Patricia Cornwell 'A pioneer of the genre of forensic psychological thriller' BBC 'Devilishly clever' Sunday Times 'The top gun in this field' Daily Telegraph 'Cornwell's books run on a cocktail of adrenaline and fear' The Times 'One of the best crime writers writing today' Guardian
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      Narrator Susan Ericksen brings a fierce edge to the return of Dr. Kay Scarpetta. In the five years since the last book, Scarpetta has become the chief medical examiner of Virginia, where she has run-ins with rivals from the early days of her career. Ericksen's relentless portrayal accurately reflects Scarpetta's hunt for a possible serial killer in a Beltway suburb. Attacks keep hitting closer and closer to Scarpetta's own family, still reeling from devastating pandemic losses. She also carries out a virtual examination of a crime scene at a top-secret space station. Cutting-edge science, politics, and chilling crimes make for a thrilling ride. S.T.C. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

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