In this gripping Kay Scarpetta thriller from Patricia Cornwell, the “queen of forensic science literature” (Sun Herald), Dr Kay Scarpetta is faced with multiple murders and potential terrorism.
Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, who was murdered six months earlier, Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison For Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding's murder, but also on a series of other killings.
The massacre of an Atlanta family years ago, a young woman on death row, and the inexplicable deaths of many homeless people seem unrelated. But Scarpetta believes they are linked, and are connected to a terrifying terrorist plot.

Biography:
Patricia Cornwell's first novel, Postmortem, was published in 1990 and won five international awards. Her Scarpetta novels are number one bestsellers throughout the world.