Red Mist

The new Kay Scarpetta novel from the world's #1 bestselling crime writer. Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly killings. The murder of an Atlanta family years ago, a young woman on death row, and the inexplicable deaths of homeless people as far away as California seem unrelated. But Scarpetta discovers connections that compel her to conclude that what she thought ended with Fielding's death and an attempt on her own life is only the beginning of something far more destructive: a terrifying terrain of conspiracy and potential terrorism on an international scale. And she is the only one who can stop it. Review Cornwell brings all her expertise to creating a breath-taking plot, with an astounding solution, which will have you hanging, literally, on every word Ballarat Courier I hold Patricia Cornwell solely responsible for my love of the crime thriller genre ... Just when you think you have it all figured out she throws a curveball that blows your mind. Her language brings the characters to life, you feel their pain, joy and are right with them as they struggle through the evidence Toowoomba Chronicle About the Author Patricia Cornwell is one of the world's major international best-selling authors, translated into thirty-six languages across more than fifty countries. She is a founder of the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine, a founding member of the National Forensic Academy, a member of the New York OCME Forensic Sciences Training Program's Advisory Board, and a member of the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital's National Council, where she is an advocate for psychiatric research. In 2008 Cornwell won the Galaxy British Book Awards' Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year - the first American ever to win this prestigious award. Her most recent bestsellers include Scarpetta, Book of the Dead and The Front. Her earlier works include Postmortem - the only novel to win five major crime awards in a single year - and Cruel and Unusual, which won the coveted Gold Dagger award in 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American writer. The Nineteenth Book In The Kay Scarpetta Series, From No. 1 Bestselling Author Patricia Cornwell. 'america's Most Chilling Writer Of Crime Fiction' The Times Kay Scarpetta Has Arranged To Meet An Inmate At The High-security Georgia Prison For Women. The Prisoner Is A Convicted Sex Offender And The Mother Of A Vicious And Diabolically Brilliant Killer. Against Advice, Scarpetta Is Determined To Hear This Woman Out - She Believes She May Hold Some Answers To The Murder Of Her Former Deputy. But Soon She Finds Connections To A String Of Grisly Killings, Including The Slaughter Of A Savannah Family Years Earlier. She Can See A Pattern To These Killings, But Who Is Behind Them And Why? As She Learns More, Scarpetta Is Compelled To Conclude That This Is Only The Beginning Of Something Far More Destructive: A Terrifying Terrain Of Conspiracy And Potential Terrorism On An International Scale. And She Is The Only One Who Can Stop It...