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Une éminente paléontologue disparaît d'un site de fouilles renfermant des ossements de dinosaures au fin fond du Canada. Un message macabre parvient à Kay Scarpetta, lui laissant la détestable im

Wenn Morderinnen zu Opfern werden ...Eine ratselhafte Mordserie versetzt die Frauen im Hochsicherheitstrakt von Savannah in Angst und Schrecken. Mehrere verurteilte Morderinnen sterben dort auf hochst qualvolle Weise. Ist jemandem die Todesstrafe noch nicht grausam genug? Oder geht es darum, einen ganz personlichen Rachefeldzug zu verschleiern? Die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln, und auch Dr. Kay Scarpetta, eigentlich wegen einer personlichen Recherche in Savannah, ist zunachst ratlos. Derweil feilt der Tater schon an der nachsten Stufe eines diabolischen Plans ...

Nuevo caso para la intr#pida doctora Kay Scarpetta. Kay Scarpetta viaja a Dubl#n para investigar una serie de asesinatos cometidos en Irlanda diez a#os atr#s. #stos presentan algunas similitudes con el caso del Carnicero, que ha sumido en el p#nico a los habitantes de Virginia. De vuelta en Estados Unidos todo se precipita: el torso de una mujer aparece en un vertedero con los miembros amputados e inquietantes se#ales de herpes en determinadas zonas. Todo parece indicar que se trata de asesinos distintos, hasta que la doctora Scarpetta recibe el primero de una serie de macabros mensajes por correo electr#nico firmados por "muerteadoc".

From the world's number-one bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary new Kay Scarpetta novel. Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has just returned from working one of the worst mass murders in U.S. history when she's awakened at an early hour by Detective Pete Marino. A body, oddly draped in an unusual cloth, has just been discovered inside the sheltered gates of MIT and it's suspected the identity is that of missing computer engineer Gail Shipton, last seen the night before at a trendy Cambridge bar. It appears she's been murdered, mere weeks before the trial of her $100 million lawsuit against her former financial managers, and Scarpetta doubts it's a coincidence. She also fears the case may have a connection with her computer genius niece, Lucy. At a glance there is no sign of what killed Gail Shipton, but she's covered with a fine dust that under ultraviolet light fluoresces brilliantly in three vivid colors, what Scarpetta calls a mineral fingerprint. Clearly the body has been posed with chilling premeditation that is symbolic and meant to shock, and Scarpetta has reason to worry that the person responsible is the Capital Murderer, whose most recent sexual homicides have terrorized Washington, D.C. Stunningly, Scarpetta will discover that her FBI profiler husband, Benton Wesley, is convinced that certain people in the government, including his boss, don't want the killer caught. In "Dust," Scarpetta and her colleagues are up against a force far more sinister than a sexual predator who fits the criminal classification of a "spectacle killer." The murder of Gail Shipton soon leads deep into the dark world of designer drugs, drone technology, organized crime, and shocking corruption at the highest levels. With unparalleled high-tension suspense and the latest in forensic technology, Patricia Cornwell once again proves her exceptional ability to surprise--and to thrill.

Regresar a lugares que uno ha dejado atrás no siempre es fácil y la doctora Kay Scarpetta está a punto de constatarlo. Instalada desde hace cinco años en Florida, la prestigiosa patóloga forense vuelve a Richmond, la ciudad donde crecio profesionalmente, para investigar la extraña muerte de una adolescente. Apenas hay indicios que contribuyan a avanzar en la investigacion, pero esa no es la unica dificultad con la que va a tropezar. En su antiguo centro de trabajo las cosas parecen haber cambiado mucho: la autopsia se esta posponiendo mas de lo necesario, las trabas se multiplican, practicamente nadie se presta a echar una mano Todo apunta a que detras de este caso se esconde algo mas que una simple muerte y parece que la doctora Scarpetta tendra que investigar para aclarar todo el misterio.

From the worlds number-one bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary new Kay Scarpetta novel. Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has just returned from working one of the worst mass murders in U.S. history when shes awakened at an early hour by Detective Pete Marino.A body, oddly draped in an unusual cloth, has just been discovered inside the sheltered gates of MIT and its suspected the identity is that of missing computer engineer Gail Shipton, last seen the night before at a trendy Cambridge bar. It appears shes been murdered, mere weeks before the trial of her $100 million lawsuit against her former financial managers, and Scarpetta doubts its a coincidence. She also fears the case may have a connection with her computer genius niece, Lucy.At a glance there is no sign of what killed Gail Shipton, but shes covered with a fine dust that under ultraviolet light fluoresces brilliantly in three vivid colors, what Scarpetta calls a mineral fingerprint. Clearly the body has been posed with chilling premeditation that is symbolic and meant to shock, and Scarpetta has reason to worry that the person responsible is the Capital Murderer, whose most recent sexual homicides have terrorized Washington, D.C. Stunningly, Scarpetta will discover that her FBI profiler husband, Benton Wesley, is convinced that certain people in the government, including his boss, dont want the killer caught. In Dust, Scarpetta and her colleagues are up against a force far more sinister than a sexual predator who fits the criminal classification of a spectacle killer. The murder of Gail Shipton soon leads deep into the dark world of designer drugs, drone technology, organized crime, and shocking corruption at the highest levels.

Kay Scarpetta ist noch traumatisiert von ihrem letzten Fall und dem schrecklichen Tod ihres Lebensgefährten Benton Wesley, als seltsame Vorgänge in ihrem Büro sie in die Wirklichkeit zurückholen. Jemand hat ihre E-Mail manipuliert und versucht, Scarpetta aus dem Amt zu mobben. Kaum hat die oberste Gerichtsmedizinerin von Virginia begonnen, die Fäden wieder in die Hand zu nehmen, fordert ein Toter im Hafen von Richmond ihre ganze Aufmerksamkeit. Die Spur zeigt nach Frankreich. Kurz darauf passiert ein zweiter Mord, und Scarpetta und ihr langjähriger Kollege Marino werden von höchster Stelle nach Paris beordert. Hier soll in der Leichenhalle der Schlüssel zur Identität des Mörders liegen. Je näher Scarpetta dem Zentrum des Bösen kommt, desto mehr spürt sie, dass kein anderer als sie selbst in seinem Visier steht ...

The 'book of the dead' is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning. Fresh from her bruising battle with a psychopath in Florida, Scarpetta decides it's time for a change of pace. Moving to the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina, she opens a unique private forensic pathology practice, one in which she and her colleagues offer expert crime scene investigation and autopsies to communities lacking local access to competent death investigation and modern technology. It seems like an ideal situation, until the murders and other violent deaths begin. A woman is ritualistically murdered in her multi-million-dollar beach home. The body of an abused young boy is found dumped in a desolate marsh. A sixteen-year-old tennis star is found nude and mutilated near Piazza Navona in Rome. Scarpetta has dealt with many brutal and unusual crimes before, but never a string of them as baffling, or as terrifying, as the ones before her now. Before she is through, that book of the dead will contain many names - and the pen may be poised to write her own. The first name in forensics. The last name in suspense.Once again, Patricia Cornwell proves her exceptional ability to entertain and enthral.

The audacious new adventure of the At Risk team from Americaas #1 bestselling crime writer. When Patricia Cornwell introduced the quicksilver, cut-to-the-bone style and extraordinary cast of characters of "At Risk," the result was electrifying: a"At Risk" is Cornwellas finest novel. It works in every way possiblea fascinating characters, solid plot, great pacing and expertly crafted prosea ("St. Louis Post-Dispatch"); aAbsolutely the best. Hereas hoping weall see more of Win, Monique, Nana and Sykes in the coming years. They are the best characters to emerge from Cornwellas creative pen since . . . well, Kay Scarpettaa ("The Denver Post"). "At Risk" featured Massachusetts state investigator Win Garano, a shrewd man of mixed-race background and a notinconsiderable chip on his shoulder; District Attorney Monique Lamont, a hard-charging woman with powerful ambitions and a troubling willingness to cut corners; and Garanoas grandmother, who has certain unpredictable talents that you ignore at your peril. And in "The Front," peril is what comes to them all. D.A. Lamont has a special job for Garano. As part of a new public relations campaign about the dangers of declining neighborhoods, sheas sending him to Watertown to acome up with a drama, a and she thinks she knows just the case that will serve. Garano is very skeptical, because he knows that Watertown is also the home base for a loose association of municipal police departments called the FRONT, set up in order that they donat have to be so dependent on the stateamuch to Lamontas anger. He senses a much deeper agenda hereabut he has no idea just how deep it goes. In the days that follow, heall find that Lamontas task, andthe places it leads him, will resemble a house of mirrorsaeverywhere he turns, heas not quite sure if what heas seeing is true. aFalsehoods rule, a warns his grandmother. And they can also kill. This is the master writing at the absolute top of her game. You will never guess what lies behind "The Front,"

Physically and psychologically bruised by her encounter with the killer Chandonne, Dr Kay Scarpetta has to leave her home in the hands of the police team investigating the attack. She finds shelter with an old friend, Anna Zenner, but it is not the haven of security she needs when she discovers that Anna has been sub- poenaed to appear before a Grand Jury which is investigating Scarpetta for murder. Kay knows she is being framed and she also knows she can trust no-one. Meanwhile it appears that Chandonne killed a woman in New York before his murderous spree in Virginia, but when Scarpetta looks more closely into that case with the NY prosectuor Jaime Berger, proof of his guilt is far from certain - in fact she begins to believe that he may not be the perpetrator of any of the crimes he is accused of. As she follows the forensic trail to the real killer she gradually realises that someone has been spinning a web for years with the aim of entrapping her. Who is it, and why are they so desperate to be rid of her?

Un homme va mourir sur la chaise électrique. Le travail du docteur Scarpetta consiste à accompagner cette exécution. C'est alors que l'invraisemblable se produit : le corps martyrisé d'un garçon de treize ans est retrouvé abandonné dans une benne à ordures. Il a été assassiné alors qu'il se rendait à l'épicerie voisine. Parmi les indices retrouvés sur la scène du crime;-des empreintes impossibles : celles du condamné à mort!

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The tenth in the best-selling series of crime novels featuring the medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta.

The 'book of the dead' is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning. Fresh from her bruising battle with a psychopath in Florida, Scarpetta decides it's time for a change of pace. Moving to the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina, she opens a unique private forensic pathology practice, one in which she and her colleagues offer expert crime scene investigation and autopsies to communities lacking local access to competent death investigation and modern technology. It seems like an ideal situation, until the murders and other violent deaths begin. A woman is ritualistically murdered in her multi-million-dollar beach home. The body of an abused young boy is found dumped in a desolate marsh. A sixteen-year-old tennis star is found nude and mutilated near Piazza Navona in Rome. Scarpetta has dealt with many brutal and unusual crimes before, but never a string of them as baffling, or as terrifying, as the ones before her now. Before she is through, that book of the dead will contain many names - and the pen may be poised to write her own. The first name in forensics. The last name in suspense. Once again, Patricia Cornwell proves her exceptional ability to entertain and enthral.

The second book featuring Winston Garano. Massachusetts State Investigator Win Garano is given one of his most challenging cases yet when he is asked to investigate the death of a young British woman murdered more than forty years ago. Assumed to be a victim of the Boston Strangler, blind Janie Brolin was raped and left for dead in 1962. With no DNA and sketchy police records, this is a case that will test Garano to his limits. It will take him on a journey through the archives, into the latest innovations in forensic technology, and into partnership with senior officers at London's New Scotland Yard. And as Garano unearths deadly secrets from the past, his hard-nosed boss Monique Lamont is putting both their lives in jeopardy with her lust for power and success. With past and present colliding, the tension mounts with every page...