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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Dr. Kay Scarpetta is on a deadly mission that will pull her in two opposite directions: toward protecting her career or toward the truth . . . “A fast-paced, first-rate thriller.”—The San Francisco Examiner “Brainteasing . . . [a] hair-raising tale with a French twist.”—People IN DEVELOPMENT AS THE ORIGINAL SERIES SCARPETTA STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN AND JAMIE LEE CURTIS The nightmare begins when a cargo ship arriving at Richmond’s Deep Water Terminal from Belgium is discovered to be transporting a locked, sealed container holding the decomposed remains of a stowaway. The autopsy performed by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta initially reveals neither cause of death nor an identification. But the victim’s personal effects and an odd tattoo take Scarpetta on a hunt for information that leads to Interpol’s headquarters in Lyon, France, where she receives critical instructions: Go to the Paris morgue to receive forbidden, secret evidence and then return to Virginia to carry out a mission. It is a mission that could ruin her career—and places her and the ones she holds dear at mortal risk.
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27 primary books28 released booksKay Scarpetta is a 28-book series with 27 released primary works first released in 1990 with contributions by Patricia Cornwell and Patricia Daniels Cornwell.
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Called to one of the most horrific crime scenes ever, Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, tried to hold it together as she surveyed her surroundings. Not only was her personal life in total shambles, after losing the love of her life, Benton Wesley, but her professional life was wavering also. Although she didn't know it at the time, but her next case and the crime scene before her, would change everything, regarding herself, and others close to her. Entering a huge container, Kay found a badly decomposed body, and it will not only cause alarming questions with a diabolical aftermath, but where it leads will make it even more terrifying. While in the middle of the autopsy, Kay had discovered quite a few things, but first, she had to figure out who was trying to ruin her. She not only had a traitor in her midst and under her employ, but someone was impersonating her on the internet, but who? Who had it out for her? Who wanted her fired in the worst way? One of her employees? One of her peers? Her enemies? She hadn't a clue but she was determined to find out. After pointing her in the right direction, Kay was once again, joined by homicide detective Pete Marino, and as always, they went where the evidence led them, in this case, Paris, France. When more murders are committed, both in France and the States, Kay and Marino head back home to Virginia, but when death knocks on Kay's front door, she looks through the peephole and sees the eyes of pure evil and cold calculation. Will Marino get to her in time?.
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