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The first book in the Kay Scarpetta series from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. ‘America’s most chilling writer of crime fiction’ The Times A serial killer is on the loose in Richmond Virginia. Three women have died brutalised and strangled in their own bedroom. There is no pattern: the killer appears to strike at random – but always early on Saturday mornings. So when Dr Kay Scarpetta chief medical officer is awakened at 2.33 am she knows the news is bad: there is a fourth victim. And she fears now for those that will follow unless she can dig up new forensic evidence to aid the police. But not everyone is pleased to see a woman in this powerful job. Someone may even want to ruin her career and reputation …
