Once again we enter the chilling world of Dr.Kay Scarpett, Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia and consulting forensic pathologist for the FBI. Upon examining a dead woman found in showbound Central Park, Scarpetta immediately recognizes the grisly work of Temple Brooks Gault, a bold, brillant killer from her past. Soon she realizes that Gault's murders are but a violent chain leading up to one ultimate kill: Scarpetta herself. Now she must stay her own fears and keep step with a pyschopath who is always one step ahead, both everywhere and nowhere. But even with the help of her FBI and police comrades, Scarpetta knows the endgame is hers alone to play. Having repeatedly plunged into the madness of Gault's mind, Scarpetts must finally descend into his terrifying home in the subway tunnels beneath New York City. And confront the one killer who would not be caught... 1996. 369 pages. PB in good+condition.
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