The Scarpetta Factor - Cornwell, Patricia
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In the week before Christmas, Kay Scarpetta, suffering (as are so many of us) from the credit crunch, decides to work on a pro bono basis for the office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City. But Kay finds the spotlight this puts her under is not a comfortable one, when she is asked (during a live broadcast) about the disappearance of a wealthy woman, Hannah Starr, who is presumed to be dead. This is followed by a strange call from an ex-patient of Kay's psychiatrist partner, Benton Wesley - and Kay finds a suspicious package when she returns home - is it a bomb? She finds that the…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
In the week before Christmas, Kay Scarpetta, suffering (as are so many of us) from the credit crunch, decides to work on a pro bono basis for the office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City. But Kay finds the spotlight this puts her under is not a comfortable one, when she is asked (during a live broadcast) about the disappearance of a wealthy woman, Hannah Starr, who is presumed to be dead. This is followed by a strange call from an ex-patient of Kay's psychiatrist partner, Benton Wesley - and Kay finds a suspicious package when she returns home - is it a bomb? She finds that the missing woman had secrets she shared with Kay's gay niece Lucy.
Autorenporträt
Patricia Cornwell, geboren 1956 in Miami, arbeitete als Gerichtsreporterin und Computerspezialistin in der forensischen Medizin, bevor sie mit ihren Thrillern um Kay Scarpetta internationale Erfolge feierte und mit hohen literarischen Auszeichnungen bedacht wurde. Die Autorin lebt derzeit in New York und Florida.
Patricia D. Cornwell
© Debra Gingrich
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The Scarpetta Factor is a novel that has clearly engaged Cornwell in the same fashion as her vintage work INDEPENDENT