Forensic expert Kay Scarpetta is surrounded by familiar faces, yet traveling down the unfamiliar road of fame.
She wonders if she will end up like other TV personalities: her own stereotype..
Given the bizarre events already in play, she fears that her growing fame will generate the illusion that she has a special factor, a mythical ability to solve all her cases.
Scarpetta\'s CNN producer wants her to launch a TV show called The Scarpetta Factor .
Soon the apparent threat on Scarpetta\'s life finds her embroiled in a surreal plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionaire with whom her niece, Lucy, seems to have shared a secret past.
In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events, culminating in an ominous package--possibly a bomb--showing up at the front desk of the apartment building where she and her husband, Benton, live.
Kay Scarpetta--despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN--to offer her services pro bono to New York City\'s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
A tanking economy has prompted Dr.
It is the week before Christmas.
In this provocative thriller, forensic expert Kay Scarpetta is surrounded by familiar faces, yet traveling down the unfamiliar road of fame....
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But the glare of the spotlight could make Kay a target.
A CNN producer wants her to launch a TV show called The Scarpetta Factor.
Forensic expert Kay Scarpetta is surrounded by familiar faces, yet traveling down the unfamiliar road of fame
