Postmortem

Author: Patricia Daniels Cornwell

Four women with nothing in common, united only in death. Four brutalized victims of a brilliant monster – a ‘Mr. Nobody’, moving undetected through a paralyzed city, leaving behind a gruesome trail of carnage . . . but few clues. With skilled hands, an unerring eye, and the latest advances in forensic research, an unrelenting female medical examiner – Kay Scarpetta – is de….Read More

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