**#1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns to the world of gutsy
medical examiner Kay Scarpetta in the seventh suspenseful novel in the
forensic thriller series
**
On a quiet day, away from the hustle of Richmond, in a small cottage on
the Virginia coast, Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a disturbing phone call
from the Chesapeake police. Thirty feet deep in the murky waters of
Virginia's Elizabeth River, a scuba diver's body is discovered near the
Inactive Naval Shipyard.As the police begin searching for clues, the
wallet of investigative reporter Ted Eddings is found.
Unnerved by the possible identity of the victim, Scarpetta orders the
crime scene roped off and left alone until she arrives. What was he
doing there, searching for Civil War relics as the officer suggested, or
was there a bigger story? As she rifles through the multitude of clues,
a second murder hits much closer to home. This new development puts
Scarpetta and her colleagues hot on the trail of a military conspiracy.