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  • I love Kay Scarpetta. On the other hand, this book moves a little slowly. And there are so many characters with horrible names to keep track of! I got this as a gift and I loved it, but I probably wouldn't have picked it up for myself.

    

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The first novel featuring Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta from the #1 bestselling author of Black Notice and Point of Origin

Winner of the Edgar Award and the Macavity Award for best first mystery

Four women with nothing in common, united only in death.  Four brutalized victims of a brilliant monster - a "Mr. Nobody", moving undetected through a paralyzed city, leaving behind a gruesome trail of carnage . . . but few clues.  With skilled hands, an unerring eye, and the latest advances in forensic research, an unrelenting female medical examiner - Kay Scarpetta - is determined to unmask a maniac.  But someone is trying to sabotage Kay's investigation from the inside.  And worse yet, someone wants her dead . . .

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