Leaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured patient in a psychiatric 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. He says his injuries 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 only thing Scarpetta knows for certain is that a woman has been tortured and murdered - and that more violent deaths will follow...
| ISBN: | 9780751538755 |
| Publication date: | 14th May 2009 |
| Author: | Patricia Cornwell |
| Publisher: | Sphere an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 500 pages |
| Series: | Kay Scarpetta |
| Primary Genre | Crime and Mystery |
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Leaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured patient in a psychiatric 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.
Scarpetta features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Fiction
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Scarpetta was written by Patricia Cornwell and published by Sphere an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group
Scarpetta has 500 pages
Yes it is part of Kay Scarpetta series
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