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During the hectic week before Christmas, Dr. Kay Scarpetta—now a senior forensic analyst for CNN—offers her services pro bono to New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Her visibility sparks a cascade of unsettling events: a vanished‑and‑presumed‑dead woman, a live TV appearance about a sensational case, and a threatening package that may be a bomb. As fear of becoming a legendary “special factor” grows, Scarpetta faces a surreal plot involving a famous actor accused of a heinous crime, the disappearance of a millionaire, and her own mounting fame. The novel reunites familiar characters—NYPD agent Marino, forensic psychiatrist Benton Wesley, forensic cyber‑specialist Lucy, and prosecutor Jaime Berger—in New York, while Scarpetta navigates crime, media pressure, and personal danger.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Thriller/Medical Thriller
Authors: Patricia Cornwell
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