Autopsy

Kay Scarpetta is back, and this time she''s right in the path of danger... World-renowned forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta and her husband Benton, a psychologist with the US Secret Service, have returned to Virginia. They are headquartered five miles from the Pentagon in a post-pandemic world that''s been torn by civil and political unrest. Just weeks into the job, Scarpetta is called to a railway track where a woman''s body has been shockingly displayed, her throat cut down to the spine. But the trail of clues will lead Scarpetta back to her own neighbourhood. At the same time, a catastrophe occurs in a top-secret lab in outer space, endangering the scientists aboard. Scarpetta is summoned to the White House to find out what happened. As she starts the new investigation, an apparent serial killer strikes again, this time dangerously close to home. Praise for Patricia Cornwell ''A pioneer of the genre of forensic psychological thriller'' BBC ''Devilishly clever'' Sunday Times ''The top gun in this field'' Daily Telegraph ''Cornwell''s books run on a cocktail of adrenaline and fear'' The Times ''One of the best crime writers writing today'' Guardian

Préface

The new Kay Scarpetta thriller from the No. 1 bestselling author

Auteur

Patricia Cornwell is recognized as one of the world's top bestselling crime writers and the author of the Scarpetta series. Her novels have been translated into thirty-six languages in more than 120 countries and won numerous prestigious awards, including the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, Macavity, and the French Prix du Roman d'Aventure prize. Cornwell, a licensed helicopter pilot and scuba diver, actively researches the cutting-edge forensic technologies that inform her work.

Texte du rabat

The legendary Patricia Cornwell is back with her No.1 bestselling, groundbreaking series following Kay Scarpetta