Description
Returning to Massachusetts after months on a military airbase, forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta is pulled into a case that begins with a young man’s body and quickly expands into something far more unsettling. As she navigates cutting-edge “virtual autopsies” and the pressures of modern investigation, the mystery also drags her toward the shadows of her earlier life in South Africa—memories that refuse to stay buried. With each new discovery, Scarpetta must connect a treacherous past to a present-day crime, where technology and trauma collide. Blending Patricia Cornwell’s signature, detail-driven forensic realism with a propulsive, high-stakes narrative, this novel explores the lasting impact of guilt, the limits of evidence, and the haunting persistence of unresolved history.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin
Published Aug 30, 2011
513 pages
ISBN: 9780425243602
#1Postmortem
#2Body of Evidence
#3All That Remains
#4Cruel & Unusual
#5The Body Farm
#6From Potter's Field
#7Cause of Death
#8Unnatural Exposure
#9Point of Origin
#10Black Notice
#11The Last Precinct
#12Blow Fly
#13Trace
#14Predator
#15Book of the Dead
#16Scarpetta
The Scarpetta Factor
#18Port Mortuary
#19Red Mist
#20The Bone Bed
#22Flesh and Blood
#23Depraved Heart
#25Autopsy
#26Livid
#27Unnatural Death
#28Identity Unknown
Dust
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First Published
2010
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell.