Book of the Dead (edit title)

Frolic edited the characters of Book of the Dead 10 days ago.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters
• Added the description of Kay Scarpetta: Great female detective
• marked the description of Kay Scarpetta as not a spoiler

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to combine 34 books, including Book of the Dead, Saturday, October 31 2009.

Timothy Gray submitted a request to combine 34 books, including Book of the Dead, Tuesday, October 27 2009.

Tiffany M edited the series of Book of the Dead Wednesday, October 14 2009.

• Added this book in the series: Kay Scarpetta book 15 (Primary series)

Shelfari edited the contributors of Book of the Dead Tuesday, September 15 2009.

• Added a contributor: Patricia Cornwell: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the description of Book of the Dead Sunday, August 2 2009.

• From America's # 1 bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary new Dr. Kay Scarpetta novel. The "book of the dead" is the morgue log, a ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to take on a new meaning. Fresh from her bruising battle with a psychopath in Florida, Scarpetta decides it's time for a change of pace, not only personally and professionally but geographically. Moving to the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina, she opens a unique private forensic pathology practice, one in which she and her colleagues-including Pete Marino and her niece, Lucy-offer expert crime-scene investigation and autopsy services to communities lacking local access to modern, competent death investigation technology. It seems like an ideal situation, until the new battles start-with local politicians, with entrenched interests, with someone whose covert attempts at sabotage are clearly meant to run Scarpetta out of town. And that's before the murders and other violent deaths even begin. A young man from a well-known family jumps off a water tower. A woman is found ritualistically murdered in her multimillion-dollar beach home. The body of an abused young boy is discovered dumped in a desolate marsh. Meanwhile, in distant New England, problems with a prominent patient at a Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital begin to hint at interconnections that are as hard to imagine as they are horrible. Kay Scarpetta has dealt with many brutal and unusual crimes before, but never a string of them as baffling, or as terrifying, as the ones confronting her now. Before she is through, that book of the dead will contain many names-and the pen may be poised to write in her own. The first name in forensics. The last name in suspense. Once again, Patricia Cornwell proves her exceptional ability to entertain and enthrall.

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Book of the Dead Friday, July 17 2009.

• Ten days later.