Black Notice

Author: Patricia Cornwell
See alternate cover edition hereThe postmortem is in–Black Notice, the 10th in Patricia Cornwell’s Scarpetta series, is a gore-splattered, intensely exciting read. As winter grips Richmond, Virginia, an air of somberness pervades chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta’s world. Her beloved niece Lucy is involved in a dangerous undercover police operation in Miami, and auntie….Read More
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