- Fiction, Kay Scarpetta (Fictitious character), Women physicians, Forensic pathologists
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida, takes charge of a case that stretches from steamy Florida to snowbound Boston; one that at first appears as unnerving as any she has ever faced.
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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and grave.
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- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Patricia Cornwell
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 437
- Publisher
- Goldmann Verlag, Goldmann, Berkley
- Editions
- 55
- Language
- Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Swedish
- ISBN
- 9783455400113
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Subjects
- Fiction
- Kay Scarpetta (Fictitious character)
- Women physicians
- Forensic pathologists
- Women detectives
- Women pathologists
- Detective and mystery stories
- Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Forensic pathologists -- Fiction
- Women physicians -- Fiction
- Florida -- Fiction
- Scarpetta, kay (fictitious character), fiction
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