Livid: The new Kay Scarpetta thriller from the No.1 bestseller

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The judge, Annie Chilton, is Scarpetta's long-time friend; but this time out, her rulings are falling outside the norm. Plot twists emerge throughout that help accentuate the thriller angle, leaving the reader gasping at times.

In this 26th book in the 'Kay Scarpetta' series, the medical examiner helps investigate a high-tech murder. This one seemed to take a bit long to get in gear, but once it did there were glimpses of the old days.Her interests span outside the literary: Patricia co-founded of the Conservation Scientist Chair at the Harvard University Art Museums. Keeping the reader in the heart of the story, Cornwell adds characters who enhance things in their own ways, while never letting their presence overtake the momentum of good writing.

I remember discovering Patricia Cornwell and this riveting series, which started with a binge read of the first number of novels.Well-plotted, terrifying, and containing gory detailed autopsies by Scarpetta, this thriller is not for the faint of heart. This book starts out with a trial that Kay is an expert witness but is being treated like -well, I just don't know how to describe it, but it sure isn't with any respect! and Kay's genius niece Lucy, a secret service agent who's a tech expert, are embroiled in the inquiries. It took me a while to get back in the swing of the series and I don’t think my enjoyment was spoilt in anyway from reading it as a standalone novel. One of the most dynamic and successful commercial imprints in the UK, Sphere aims to publish the highest-quality popular fiction and non-fiction, including thrillers, women's fiction, and celebrity titles.

Working with producer Liz Friedman, Marvel’s Jessica Jones and fellow Marvel EP and Twilight Saga scribe Melissa Rosenberg to develop the film and find Scarpetta a home on the big screen. Kay Scarpetta finds herself a reluctant star witness in a sensational televised murder trial causing chaos in Old Town Alexandria with the threat of violent protests. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Hachette Book Group is a leading book publisher based in New York and a division of Hachette Livre, the third-largest publisher in the world. I must say, the opening chapters of the story in which Kay Scarpetta is on the witness stand in court are really gripping and reminded me of those terrific early stories like Postmortem and The Body Farm in terms of drama and intrigue.Fortunately, the guardians of good—of which Kay Scarpetta is a longstanding example—remain steadfast in their opposition, seeking justice and truth to quell the uncertainties that haunt us. Thus the FBI and the Secret Service, as well as the Virginia police, are all involved in the investigations. I challenge anyone to name one book in the series in which other members of the family did not know more about one of Kay’s murder investigations than she did herself. Whatever the reason, this, the 26th book in the popular series, is another one I really didn't want to put down. Someone is surely trying to send Scarpetta a message, while making an impact on the television news cycle as well.