The nineteenth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.
‘America’s most chilling writer of crime fiction’ The Times
Kay Scarpetta has arranged to meet an inmate at the high-security Georgia Prison for Women. The prisoner is a convicted sex offender and the mother of a vicious and diabolically brilliant killer.
Against advice, Scarpetta is determined to hear this woman out – she believes she may hold some answers to the murder of her former deputy. But soon she finds connections to a string of grisly killings.
As she learns more, Scarpetta is compelled to conclude that this is only the beginning of a terrifying terrain of conspiracy on an international scale. And she is the only one who can stop it . . .
Praise for the groundbreaking series:
‘One of the best crime writers writing today‘ Guardian
‘Devilishly clever‘ Sunday Times
‘The top gun in this field‘ Daily Telegraph
‘Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns‘ Mirror
‘The Agatha Christie of the DNA age‘ Express
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Reviews
Praise for Patricia Cornwell
Cornwell's books run on a cocktail of adrenaline and fear
The top gun in this field
A pioneer of the genre of forensic psychological thriller
Devilishly clever
Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns
One of the best crime writers writing today
The iconic forensic consultant is as brittle as ever, and the body count is as high as Cornwell fans have come to expect. Cornwell hasn't sold 100 million novels for no good reason
When it comes to forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell
A knife-edged thriller based on the exploits of the toughest female pathologist ever to conduct an autopsy...If you like your fiction fast-paced with a scientific twist, Cornwell delivers once again, and if you are new to Scarpetta, you are sure to be hooked by the end of the first chapter
