Title: Scarpetta - Patricia Cornwell - book
Summary :
Wounded and terrified, Oscar Bane demands to be admitted to the psychiatric ward of Bellevue Hospital. He claims to have escaped his girlfriend's murderer and will only allow himself to be examined by Kay Scarpetta, a forensic pathologist, the only person he trusts. At the request of the district attorney, Jaimie Berger, Kay travels to New York with her husband, Benton, and her niece, Lucy. One thing is certain: a woman has been tortured and killed, and more violent deaths are to be feared. Very quickly, one truth becomes clear to Kay: the killer knows precisely where his prey is, what she is doing, and, worse, he is aware of the progress of the investigation. Kay Scarpetta must confront the incarnation of evil...
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