#1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns to the world of gutsy
medical examiner Kay Scarpetta in the third suspenseful novel in the
forensic thriller series that begins with Postmortem.
In Richmond, Virginia, young lovers are dying. So far, four couples in
the area have disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated
corpses. When the daughter of the president's newest drug czar vanishes
along with her boyfriend, Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows time is short.
Following a macabre trail of evidence that ties the present homicides to
a grisly crime in the past, Kay must draw upon her own personal
resources to track down a murderer who is as skilled at eliminating
clues as Kay is at finding them...