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The inspiration for the hit Amazon Prime Video series Scarpetta—starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis!
In this heart-pounding forensic thriller from #1 New York Times bestseller Patricia Cornwell, Dr. Kay Scarpetta must match wits with a serial killer who preys on the young and in love.
They say Virginia is for lovers... But in the last few months, four young couples in Richmond have mysteriously disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses. When the daughter of the president’s newest drug czar vanishes along with her boyfriend, medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows time is short. Following a macabre trail of forensic evidence that ties the present homicides to a grisly crime in the past, Kay must draw upon her own personal resources to track down a murderer who is as skilled at eliminating clues as she is at finding them.
Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell is recognized as one of the world’s top bestselling crime writers and the author of the Scarpetta series. Her novels have been translated into thirty-six languages in more than 120 countries and won numerous prestigious awards, including the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, Macavity, and the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure prize. Cornwell, a licensed helicopter pilot and scuba diver, actively researches the cutting-edge forensic technologies that inform her work.
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