The nineteenth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell - soon to be an original series on Prime Video 'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesKay Scarpetta has arranged to meet an inmate at the high-security Georgia Prison for Women. The prisoner is a convicted sex offender and the mother of a vicious and diabolically brilliant killer.
Against advice, Scarpetta is determined to hear this woman out - she believes she may hold some answers to the murder of her former deputy. But soon she finds connections to a string of grisly killings.
As she learns more, Scarpetta is compelled to conclude that this is only the beginning of a terrifying terrain of conspiracy on an international scale. And she is the only one who can stop it . . .
The next book in the Scarpetta series is The Bone Bed. And the brand-new instalment, Identity Unknown, is available now!
DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT SHAPED THE WORLD OF CRIME FICTION 'One of the best crime writers writing today'
Guardian '
Devilishly clever'
Sunday Times '
The top gun in this field'
Daily Telegraph '
Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns'
Mirror '
The Agatha Christie of the DNA age'
Express
