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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.

Florida is full of human predators, and they all give Dr Kay Scarpetta the opportunity and the means to do what she does best - persuading the dead to speak to her. And in Boston, Benton Wesley is working on a secret case involving convicted killers. It is a project which gives Scarpetta deep disquiet, as does the behaviour of her niece, Lucy, who is spending too much time in cheap bars looking for casual pick-ups. The Academy is called when a woman's body is found in Boston. She has been tortured, sexually abused, her body tattooed with handprints. The same sort of handprints Lucy had seen on the flesh of her latest pick-up. Meanwhile, Scarpetta and Marino are investigating the disappearance of a family in Florida, called in by a concerned neighbour, but as they search and find the tell-tale signs of abduction rather than disappearance, they also discover that someone had assumed the identity of the caller, and she is now dead. They've been set up, and it becomes clear that someone is tracking their every move.

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

La doctora Kay Scarpetta, recién nombrada directora de uno de los centros de estudios forenses más avanzados de Estados Unidos, deberá enfrentarse al caso aparentemente más sencillo pero a la vez má

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.

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 ...

With high-tension suspense and cutting-edge technology, Patricia Cornwellthe worlds #1 bestselling crime writeronce again proves her exceptional ability to entertain and enthrall in this remarkable novel featuring chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.On her quest to find out exactly what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months before, Scarpetta drives to the Georgia Prison for Women to meet a convicted sex offender and the mother of a vicious and diabolically brilliant killer. Against the advice of her FBI criminal intelligence agent husband, Benton Wesley, Scarpetta is determined to hear this woman out.Scarpetta has both personal and professional reasons to learn more about a string of grisly killings: the murder of a Savannah family years earlier, a young woman on death row, and then other inexplicable deaths that begin to occur at a breathtaking pace. Driven by inner forces, Scarpetta discovers connections that compel her to conclude that what she thought ended with Fieldings death and an attempt on her own life is only the beginning of something far more destructive: a terrifying terrain of conspiracy and potential terrorism on an international scale.And she is the only one who can stop it.

Predator, de Patricia Cornwell, autora de otras novelas como La cama de huesos o Port Mortuary, es un perturbador viaje a las profundidades de una mente de un psicópata. Una escalofriante novela negra de la serie protagonizada por Kay Scarpetta, el personaje que ha convertido a Patricia Cornwell en la reina indiscutida del thriller forense. Su opera prima, Postmortem, se publico en 1990 y fue la primera novela en ganar en un solo año los premios Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, Macavity y el Prix du Roman d'Aventure frances. Su protagonista, Kay Scarpetta, pronto gano el Sherlock Award al mejor detective creado por un escritor americano. Tras el gran exito de aquella primera novela, Cornwell escribio una serie de superventas protagonizados por Scarpetta. Sus libros han sido traducidos a treinta y seis idiomas en mas de cincuenta paises, lo que la ha convertido en una de las escritoras con una mayor proyeccion internacional. En 2011 resulto vencedora del prestigioso Premio Internacional RBA de Novela Negra por Niebla roja.La desaparicion de dos hermanas en Florida pone en marcha una investigacion que llevara a la doctora Kay Scarpetta y a su colega Pete Marino hasta la desequilibrada mente de un asesino en serie. Pero en este caso nada es loque parece y los giros inesperados se suceden a un ritmo vertiginoso. Mientras, en Boston, aparece el cadaver de una chica con extraños tatuajes, el psicologo forense Benton Wesley escucha inquietantes informaciones que acaso tengan alguna conexion con esa muerte, y Scarpetta se muestra cada vez mas preocupada por su sobrina Lucy Farinelli, que pasa demasiado tiempo buscando ligues de una noche. En uno de esos escarceos, Lucy descubrira unos tatuajes muy parecidos a los del cadaver

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.

No.1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the next enthralling thriller in her high-stakes series starring Kay Scarpetta-a complex tale involving a serial sniper who strikes chillingly close to the forensic sleuth herself. It's Chief Medical Examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta's birthday, and while she's enjoying a leisurely morning, a man is shot dead five minutes from her house. The bullet tore through him as he unloaded groceries from his car. Yet nobody heard or saw a thing. It looks like the work of a serial sniper - one who leaves no trace except for tiny copper fragments, and whose seemingly impossible shots cause instant death. As Scarpetta investigates, uncovering details that only she can analyze, she begins to suspect that the killer is sending her a message. Adding to Scarpetta's growing unease is the sense that those closest to her are keeping secrets. And when her pursuit of the sniper takes Scarpetta to a shipwreck off the Florida coast, she comes face to face with shocking evidence that implicates her niece Lucy - Scarpetta's very own flesh and blood...

Thriller ambientado en la ciudad de Nueva York, aún sacudida por la tragedia del 11 de Septiembre

À la suite d'une enquête sur une tuerie de masse, Kay Scarpetta reçoit un appel des plus troublants. Le corps d'une jeune femme a été découvert sur le campus du Massachusetts Institute of Tec

Dr. Kay Scarpetta is working a suspicious death scene in Cambridge, Massachusetts when an emergency alert sounds on her phone. A video link lands in her text messages and seems to be from her computer genius niece Lucy. But how can it be? It's clearly a surveillance film of Lucy taken almost twenty years ago.As Scarpetta watches she begins to learn frightening secrets about her niece, whom she has loved and raised like a daughter. That film clip and then others sent soon after raise dangerous legal implications that increasingly isolate Scarpetta and leave her confused, worried, and not knowing where to turn. She doesn't know whom she can tell not her FBI husband Benton Wesley or her investigative partner Pete Marino. Not even Lucy.In this new novel, Cornwell launches these unforgettable characters on an intensely psychological odyssey that includes the mysterious death of a Hollywood mogul's daughter, aircraft wreckage on the bottom of the sea in the Bermuda Triangle, a grisly gift left in the back of a crime scene truck, and videos from the past that threaten to destroy Scarpetta's entire world and everyone she loves. The diabolical presence behind what unfolds seems obvious - but strangely, not to the FBI. Certainly that's the message they send when they raid Lucy's estate and begin building a case that could send her to prison for the rest of her life.In the latest novel in her bestselling series featuring chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Cornwell will captivate readers with the shocking twists, high-wire tension, and cutting-edge forensic detail that she is famous for, proving yet again why she's the world's #1 bestselling crime writer.

Scarpetta ist als Zeugin im Prozess gegen einen Ol-Tycoon geladen, der seine spurlos verschwundene Ehefrau ermordet haben soll. Wenige Stunden zuvor wurde eine mumifizierte Frauenleiche aus dem Bostoner Hafen geborgen. ist sie die Vermisste? Fieberhaft beginnt die beruhmte Rechtsmedizinerin mit der Untersuchung, wahrend die Anwaltin des Angeklagten alles daran setzt, Scarpettas Reputation zu untergraben. Daneben machen Scarpetta noch ganz andere Probleme zu schaffen: Chefermittler Pete Marino gerat unter Mordverdacht, und Ehemann Benton Wesley scheint sich von ihr abzuwenden. Steuert sie beruflich und privat auf eine Katastrophe zu?