Book description
After her resignation as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner and the
horrifying events which threatened her life in THE LAST PRECINCT, Kay
Scarpetta has abandoned her elegant home in Richmond and is quietly
living in Florida, beginning to get some balance back in her life and
slowly establishing herself as a private forensic consultant. But her
past won't let her rest, and her grief for Benton Wesley continues to
grow, not diminish, as does the rage within Lucy, her niece. Then the
architect of her changed fortunes contacts her from his cell on death
row: deformed, blinded by Scarpetta's own actions, incarcerated in Texas
strongest prison, Jean-Baptiste Chardonne still has the ability to
terrify. But, unkown to Scarpetta, there are other forces behind the
wolfman's apparent actions, invisibly shepherding her and those closest
to her towards eliminating those who threaten them all. And it is all
orchestrated by the one man in her life who knows every nuance of her
soul. Visit the author's website at www. patricia-cornwell. com Since
the first novel was published in 1990, Patricia Cornwell and her
creation, Kay Scarpetta, have become household names and she has earned
widespread critical acclaim. She has helped to establish the Virginia
Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine and serves as its Chairman of
the Board.
