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.
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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Hardback Editions
January 2009 : Hardback
| Title: Scarpetta Author(s): Patricia Cornwell Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons Availability: Amazon More details... |
December 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Scarpetta Author(s): Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0-399-15516-3 / 978-0-399-15516-1 (USA edition) Publisher: GP Putnam And Sons Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Scarpetta Author(s): Patricia D. Cornwell ISBN: 1-4104-0835-3 / 978-1-4104-0835-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Scarpetta Author(s): Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0-316-73314-8 / 978-0-316-73314-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Little, Brown Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Scarpetta Author(s): Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0-7481-1107-7 / 978-0-7481-1107-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Hachette Digital Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
2008 : Hardback
| Title: Scarpetta LARGE PRINT Author(s): Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0-7394-9645-X / 978-0-7394-9645-9 (USA edition) Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
October 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Scarpetta [Large Print]: 16 Point Author(s): Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 1-4445-0132-1 / 978-1-4445-0132-2 Publisher: Royal National Institute of Blind People Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Scarpetta (Thorndike Basic) Author(s): Patricia D. Cornwell ISBN: 1-59413-348-4 / 9781594133480 (USA edition) Publisher: Large Print Distribution Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Scarpetta Author(s): Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0-425-23016-3 / 978-0-425-23016-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Berkley Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Scarpetta Author(s): Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0-7515-3875-2 / 978-0-7515-3875-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Sphere Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
May 2009 : Perfect Paperback
| Title: Scarpetta Author(s): Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0-7515-4212-1 / 978-0-7515-4212-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Sphere Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
May 2009 : Perfect Paperback
| Title: Scarpetta Author(s): Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0-425-22858-4 / 978-0-425-22858-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Berkley Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
February 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Scarpetta Author(s): Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0-316-73315-6 / 978-0-316-73315-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Little, Brown Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
June 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: Scarpetta Author(s): Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 1-4084-2689-7 / 978-1-4084-2689-0 (UK edition) Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
December 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: Scarpetta Author(s): Patricia Cornwell Publisher: Penguin Audio Availability: Amazon More details... |
December 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: Scarpetta (Kay Scarpetta) Author(s): Patricia D. Cornwell ISBN: 0-14-314364-6 / 978-0-14-314364-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: Scarpetta Author(s): Patricia D. Cornwell ISBN: 0-14-314365-4 / 978-0-14-314365-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: Scarpetta Author(s): Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 1-4055-0157-X / 978-1-4055-0157-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Hachette Audio Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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