"A knockout" (People) of a thriller from #1 New York Times
bestselling author Patricia Cornwell featuring medical examiner Kay
Scarpetta.
"Killing me won't kill the beast" are the last words of rapist-murderer
Ronnie Joe Waddell, written four days before his execution. But they
can't explain how medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds Waddell's
fingerprints on another crime scene--after she'd performed his
autopsy. If this is some sort of game, Scarpetta seems to be the target.
And if the next victim is someone she knows, the punishment will be
cruel and unusual...