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.
關於作者:
Patricia Cornwell''s first novel, POSTMORTEM, was published in
1990 and won five international awards. Her Scarpetta novels have
since become Number One bestsellers throughout the world. She has
also published three police procedurals, HORNET''S NEST, SOUTHERN
CROSS and ISLE OF DOGS.