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Scarpetta (Kay Scarpetta)

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399155161
ISBN: 0399155163
Label: Putnam Adult
Manufacturer: Putnam Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: December 02, 2008
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 74
Studio: Putnam Adult



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From America’s #1 bestselling crime writers comes the extraordinary new Kay Scarpetta novel.

Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta accepts an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured man on Bellevue Hospital’s psychiatric prison ward. The handcuffed and chained patient, Oscar Bane, has specifically asked for her, and when she literally has her gloved hands on him, he begins to talk—and the story he has to tell turns out to be one of the most bizarre she has ever heard.

The injuries, he says, were sustained in the course of a murder . . . that he did not commit. Is Bane a criminally insane stalker who has fixed on Scarpetta? Or is his paranoid tale true, and it is he who is being spied on, followed and stalked by the actual killer? The one thing Scarpetta knows for certain is that a woman has been tortured and murdered—and more violent deaths will follow. Gradually, an inexplicable and horrifying truth emerges: Whoever is committing the crimes knows where his prey is at all times. Is it a person, a government? And what is the connection between the victims?

In the days that follow, Scarpetta; her forensic psychologist husband, Benton Wesley; and her niece, Lucy, who has recently formed her own forensic computer investigation firm in New York, will undertake a harrowing chase through cyberspace and the all-too-real streets of the city—an odyssey that will take them at once to places they never knew, and much, much too close to home.

Throughout, Cornwell delivers shocking twists and turns, and the kind of cutting-edge technology that only she can provide. Once again, she proves her exceptional ability to entertain and enthrall.



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Back to What We Loved About Scarpetta and Crew
I just finished reading this book, and I absolutely loved it! I think this is the best one Cornwell ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Far from her best
I respectfully disagree with the effusive praise being heaped upon this book by so many readers. I've ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - High Drama and Excitement
Wow. This was so charged with emotion I couldn't put it down for a minute. There is everything here, injustice, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Mind Racing that leads to Explosion
This novel begins with a cadence I would imagine most crime scene investigators use with the initial search and ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - good product
I received this book very quickly, and in perfect condition. I am very pleased with the convenience of the purchase. ... Read More

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