Kay Scarpetta--now A Senior Forensic Analyst For Cnn--becomes Embroiled In A Surreal Plot That Includes A Famous Actor Accused Of An Unthinkable Sex Crime And The Disappearance Of A Beautiful Millionairess With Whom Her Niece Lucy Seems To Have Shared A Secret Past. Kay Has Offered Her Services Pro Bono To New York City's Office Of The Chief Medical Examiner. In No Time At All, Her Increased Visibility Seems To Precipitate A String Of Unexpected And Unsettling Events. She Is Asked Live On The Air About The Sensational Case Of Hannah Starr, Who Has Vanished And Is Presumed Dead. Moments Later During The Same Telecast She Receives A Startling Call-in From A Former Psychiatrist Patient Of Benton Wesley's. When She Returns After The Show To The Apartment Where She And Benton Live, She Finds An Ominous Package -- Possibly A Bomb -- Waiting For Her At The Front Desk. Soon The Apparent Threat On Scarpetta's Life Finds Her Embroiled In A Surreal Plot That Includes A Famous Actor Accused Of An Unthinkable Sex Crime And The Disappearance Of A Beautiful Millionaires With Whom Lucy Seems To Have Shared A Secret Past. Patricia Cornwell.
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
- Crime
- Thrillers & Suspense
Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons
Author : Cornwell, Patricia
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2009-10-20
Number Of Pages : 512
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0399156399
ISBN-13 : 9780399156397
Item weight : 1.9 lb
Dimensions : 2 in x 6.5 in x 9.4 in
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