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Readers are in for the shock of Kay Scarpetta's life. Kay Scarpetta fans will miss their favorite forensic pathologist in this new thriller, as Cornwell cedes much of the spotlight to other characters in the long-running series. Lucy, Kay's defiant niece, and Marino, the bad-tempered,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Detective Pete Marino: police officer
- Jean-Baptiste Chandonne: 'Wolfman' on death row
- Dr. Kay Scarpetta: chief medical examiner
- Rocco Caggiano: Pete Marino's son
- Lucy Farinelli: Scarpetta's brilliant niece. Flies helicopters, fires weapons, hacks computers...
- Benton Wesley: Scarpetta's lover
- Rudy: Add a description of this character.
- Dr. Lanier
- Jaime Berger
- Bev Kiffin
- Albert
- Jay Talley: Brother of Jean-Baptiste Chandonne
- Weldon Winn
- Mrs. Guidon
- Trixie
- Max
- Eric
- Tom
- Dave
- Buddy
- Zachary
- Katherine Bruce
- Clark
- Rose
- Mrs. Dard
- Manham
- Polunsky
- Jack
- Nic Robillard
- Billy
- Hair Ball
- Ricky
Quotes edit
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“We live many lives, Pete, and the past is a death. Something overk something that can't come backl We move on and reinvent ourselves.”
Benton Wesley
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No one good or evil ceases to exist; life is energy and energy cannot be created or destroyed; it is recycled. Therefore, it is possible that the pure of heart and the purely evil have been here before and will be here again.
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“What meds are you taking? I hope it’s decongestants and a cough suppressant with an expectorant, and that you’re staying away from antihistamines. Try the daytime or nondrowsy formulas that don’t list antihistamines or doxylamine succinate on the label—unless you want to dry yourself out and get a bacterial infection. And stay away from alcohol. It lowers your immunities.”
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Time on Earth is an opportunity to become more highly evolved,
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Nothing worse than someone who’s stupid and arrogant and has power.
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Nosmo King, the delivery man whose mystical-sounding name is the mundane result of his mother seeing No Smoking divided into No Smo king when double doors parted as she was being rolled into the delivery room to give birth to
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“ ‘A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,’ ” she quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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First Sentence edit
DR. KAY SCARPETTA moves the tiny glass vial close to candlelight, illuminating a maggot drifting in a poisonous bath of ethanol.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 12 of 19 in Kay Scarpetta. (standard series)
Preceded by The Last Precinct, and followed by Trace.
This is book 8 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels of 2003. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Big Bad Wolf (Alex Cross), and followed by The Lovely Bones.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Patricia Cornwell (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0399150897
Page Count: 526
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0399150897
Page Count: 526
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- Dewey: 813.54
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