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Description edit
When an eleven-year-old girl is found murdered, Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia, gets another chance at stopping one of the most heartless and horrifying serial killers of her career: the demented Temple Gault.
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Characters/People edit
- Marino: Add a description of this character.
- Wesley
- Dr. Kay Scarpetta: main character - Forensic Pathologist
- Lucy Farinelli: Scarpetta's brilliant niece. Flies helicopters, fires weapons, hacks computers...
- Detective Pete Marino
- Benton Wesley
- Denesa Steiner
- Benton
- Dr. Jenrette
- Blick
- Kopf
- Dr. Scarpetta
- Frau
- Mann
- Zimmer
- Ferguson
- Boden
- Sie
- Lucy
- Wasser
- Kay Scarpetta
- Stelle
- Gault
- Pete
- Mein Gott
- Bett
- Katz
- Dorothy
- Dr. Shade
- Gott
- Wren
- Teufel
- Weise
- Tisch
- Emily Steiner
- Dann
- Carrie Grethen
- Keller
- Grund
- Fenster
- Richter
- Menge
- Deborah
- Ende
- Opfer
- Sinclair
- Recht
- Hals
- Himmel
- Rolle
- Polizei
- Herz
- Knie
- Tante Kay
- Steuer
- Ruhe
Quotes edit
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“There is no other in the World--Mine was the only one”
First Sentence edit
On the sixteenth of October, shadowy deer crept to the edge of dark woods beyond my window as the sun peeked over the cover of the night.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 19 in Kay Scarpetta. (standard series)
Preceded by Cruel and Unusual, and followed by From Potter's Field.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Patricia Cornwell (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 978-0684195971
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 978-0684195971
Page Count: 320
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- Dewey: 813.54
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