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Foyles
The fifteenth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesThe 'book of the dead' is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning. Fresh from her bruising battle with a psychopath in Florida, Scarpetta decides it's time for a change of pace. Moving to the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina, she opens a unique private forensic pathology practice, one in which she and her colleagues offer expert crime scene investigation and autopsies to communities lacking local access to competent death investigation and modern technology. It seems like an ideal situation, until the murders and other violent deaths begin. A woman is ritualistically murdered in her multi-million-dollar beach home. The body of an abused young boy is found dumped in a desolate marsh. A sixteen-year-old tennis star is found nude and mutilated near Piazza Navona in Rome.Scarpetta has dealt with many brutal and unusual crimes before, but never a string of them as baffling, or as terrifying, as the ones before her now. Before she is through, that book of the dead will contain many names - and the pen may be poised to write her own.Praise for the groundbreaking series:'One of thebest 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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The 'book of the dead' is the morgue log the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta however it is about to have a new meaning. Fresh from her bruising battle with a psychopath in Florida Scarpetta decides it's time for a change of pace. Moving to the historic city of Charleston South Carolina she opens a unique private forensic pathology practice one in which she and her colleagues offer expert crime scene investigation and autopsies to communities lacking local access to competent death investigation and modern technology. It seems like an ideal situation until the murders and other violent deaths begin. A woman is ritualistically murdered in her multi-million-dollar beach home. The body of an abused young boy is found dumped in a desolate marsh. A sixteen-year-old tennis star is found nude and mutilated near Piazza Navona in Rome. Scarpetta has dealt with many brutal and unusual crimes before but never a string of them as baffling or as terrifying as the ones before her now. Before she is through that book of the dead will contain many names - and the pen may be poised to write her own.
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BookDepository
Book Of The Dead : Paperback : Little, Brown Book Group : 9780751534054 : 0751534056 : 17 Apr 2008 : The fifteenth instalment of the bestselling series featuring fiction's original pathologist, Dr Kay Scarpetta.
- 0751534056
- 9780751534054
- Patricia Cornwell
- 17 April 2008
- Sphere
- Paperback (Book)
- 432
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Book of the Dead
£10.90
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