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Kay Scarpetta: Book 6

From Potter's Field (1995) (edit title/settings)

by Patricia Cornwell (Author) (edit contributors)

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Upon examining a dead woman found in snowbound Central Park, Scarpetta immediately recognizes the grisly work of Temple Brooks Gault, a bold, brilliant killer from her past. Soon she realizes that Gault's murders are but a violent chain leading up to one ultimate kill: Scarpetta herself. Now... read more

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Christmas, New York and a naked body is discovered in Central Park...

Christmas has never been a particularly good time for Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Although a holiday for most, the festivities always seem to heighten the alienation felt by society's violent fringe; and that usually means more... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Christmas, New York and a naked body is discovered in Central Park...

Christmas has never been a particularly good time for Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Although a holiday for most, the festivities always seem to heighten the alienation felt by society's violent fringe; and that usually means more work for Scarpetta, Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner and consulting forensic pathologist for the FBI.

The body was naked, female and found propped against a fountain in a bleak area of New York's Central Park. Her apparent manner of death points to a modus operandi that is chillingly familiar: the gunshot wound to the head, the sections of skin excised from the body, the displayed corpse - all suggest that Temple Brooks Gault, Scarpetta's nemesis, is back at work.

Calling on all her reserves of courage and skill, and the able assistance of colleagues Marino and Wesley, Scarpetta must track this most dangerous killers, in pursuit of survival as well as justice - heading inexorably to an electrifying climax amid the dark, menacing labyrinths of the New York subway.

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  • Dr. Kay Scarpetta: Chief Medical Examiner for the state of Virginia. Hardworking with a background in both law & medicine, she feels deeply about her cases.
  • Lucy Farinelli: Scarpetta's brilliant niece. Flies helicopters, fires weapons, hacks computers. FBI Trainee and programmer at the FBI Academy's Engineering Research Facility.
  • Detective Pete Marino: Aging, chain smoking, beer drinking, bigoted, outspoken but brilliant homicide Detective. Divorced after many years of marriage, he is at a loss as to how to function socially in the world. He is very protective of Kay and Lucy and very jealous of any relationship Kay has with a man.
  • Benton Wesley: FBI profiler.
  • Jimmy Davila: Officer in the NYC Transit Police Homeless Unit.
  • Carrie Grethen: Lucy's programming partner.
  • Lamont Brown: Sheriff in the Richmond Police Department. Also known as "Sheriff Santa".
  • Paul Tucker: Colonel, Chief of Police. Graduate of the FBI's National Academy.
  • Frances Penn: Commander of the New York City Transit Police.
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First Sentence edit see section history

Christmas Eve was cold and treacherous with black ice, and crime crackling on scanners.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 6 of 21 in Kay Scarpetta. (standard series)

Preceded by The Body Farm, and followed by Cause of Death.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Patricia Cornwell (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 2, 1995
ISBN: 0684195984
Page Count: 416

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  • Body of Evidence
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  • Black Notice
  • Postmortem
  • Port Mortuary
  • Cruel and Unusual
  • Unnatural Exposure
  • The Last Precinct
  • The Body Farm
  • Trace

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Postmortem
  • Body of Evidence
  • All That Remains
  • Cruel and Unusual
  • The Body Farm

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