Trace - Book 13 - Kay Scarpetta

Since Postmortem Garnered Critical Acclaim And A Record-breaking Five Awards For A First Crime Novel, The Scarpetta Novels Have Often Been Imitated, But Never Bettered. Against Her Own Judgement And The Advice Of Benton Wesley And Her Niece, Lucy, Scarpetta Agrees To Return To Virginia As A Consultant Pathologist On A Case Involving The Death Of A Fourteen-year-old Girl. Accompanied By Pete Marino She Finds The Once Familiar Territory Of Her Morgue And Her Department Much Changed, And The New Chief Medical Examiner Treats Her With Disdain Despite The Obvious Fact That He Is In Desperate Need Of Her Expertise. But Professional As Ever, She Re-examines The Evidence And Proves The Girl Was Murdered. She Also Finds Trace Evidence Which Matches That Found On An Accident Victim And At The Scene Where One Of Lucy's Operatives Was Attacked. It Is Not Only A Forensic Puzzle, But Opens Up The Probability That Someone Is After Those Closest To Scarpetta. Visit The Author's Website At Www.patriciacornwell.com Since Postmortem garnered critical acclaim and a record-breaking five awards for a first crime novel, the Scarpetta novels have often been imitated, but never bettered. Blow Fly saw the world famous medical examiner forced out of Virginia, the media harassing her at every turn, and the serial killer, Chandonne, determined to break the woman who put him behind bars. It also brought Benton Wesley back into her life, her lover and soulmate whose supposed death had left her bereft and alone. Now she is revitalised and determined to regain control of her professional life. She is called back to Virginia where she had been chief medical examiner to work on the investigation into the dark, lonely death of a 14-year- old girl. Scarpetta follows a trail too feint for the human eye to see but which eventually leads to a truth that may be more than she can bear Kay Scarpetta returns to Virginia as a Consultatnt Pathologist investigating the death of a young girl. Her niece Lucy is investigating an attack on one of her own workers. What's the connection? Dr Kay Scarpetta, female investigator, returns in this novel.