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Description for Trace
paperback. Used some light shelfwear
Since Postmortem garnered critical acclaim and a record-breaking five awards for a first crime novel, the Scarpetta novels have often been imitated, but never bettered. Against her own judgement and the advice of Benton Wesley and her niece, Lucy, Scarpetta agrees to return to Virginia as a consultant pathologist on a case involving the death of a fourteen-year-old girl. Accompanied by Pete Marino she finds the once familiar territory of her morgue and her department much changed, and the new Chief Medical Examiner treats her with disdain despite the obvious fact that he is in desperate need of her expertise. ... Read more
Since Postmortem garnered critical acclaim and a record-breaking five awards for a first crime novel, the Scarpetta novels have often been imitated, but never bettered. Against her own judgement and the advice of Benton Wesley and her niece, Lucy, Scarpetta agrees to return to Virginia as a consultant pathologist on a case involving the death of a fourteen-year-old girl. Accompanied by Pete Marino she finds the once familiar territory of her morgue and her department much changed, and the new Chief Medical Examiner treats her with disdain despite the obvious fact that he is in desperate need of her expertise. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Sphere
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751530773
SKU
KNH0013397
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Patricia Cornwell
Since the first novel was published in 1990, Patricia Cornwell and her creation, Kay Scarpetta, have become household names and she has earned widespread critical acclaim. She helped to establish the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine and serves as Chairman of the Board.
Reviews for Trace
'When she is this good, she is hard to beat.' New Statesman 'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns.' Mirror