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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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Someone is after Beryl Madison -- spying on her, making threatening phone calls. Terrified, she flees to Key West. When she comes back home it's not harassment that's waiting...it's murder. Someone kills her, someone she trusted enough to open her door to.

Police work begins with Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner. She finds laboratory clues no one wants to believe. So she follows them herself, putting her professional career -- and her life -- on the line.

"Cornwell makes looking through a microscope as exciting as hot pursuit." (Washington Post)

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