Cause of Death
First, the good news: the omni-competent Kay Scarpetta is back, along with her sidekicks, in a murder mystery that`s tighter than her last escapade, From Potter`s Field. Chief medical examiner for the state of Virginia and an FBI consultant, Kay finds ample opportunity to demonstrate her skills in the autopsy room and outside it, too: here, she also dives with a Navy SEAL rescue squad and, through her computer-genius niece Lucy, an FBI agent, takes an up-close-and-personal look at a robot operated via virtual reality. But there is bad news: the work lacks the extraordinary, can`t-go-to-bed-til-you`re-finished suspense of Cornwell`s earlier novels, e.g. Cruel and Unusual. The killers here, members of a nihilistic, fascist cult who think...
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
