Dr Kay Scarpetta has left Virginia in quest of peace but instead finds herself drawn into baffling, horrific murders in Florida, where she becomes entangled in an international conspiracy that confronts her with the shock of her life.

Reviews

‘All of Cornwell’s books run on high octane fuel, a cocktail of adrenalin and fear…such is her grip on her audience and such is her ability to suck you into her hermetic, claustrophobic world that Scarpetta’s tension becomes the reader’s. Her fear is contagious, her adrenalin levels boost your own’ The Times

‘Scarpetta is a compassionate, moral crusader, a force for good in a sea of evil. Her focus is on the victims. There is never any attempt at understanding the “squirrels” who kill for their twisted reasons. There is no redemption for them either. And that’s how it should be.’ Daily Mail