Title: Red Sail - Patricia Cornwell - book
Summary :
An investigation by Kay Scarpetta
Kay Scarpetta, determined to uncover the reasons for the murder of her assistant Jack Fielding, visits the Georgia Penitentiary for Women, where a prisoner claims to have information about him. She also discusses other seemingly unrelated murders: an Atlanta family wiped out years earlier and a young woman on death row. Shortly after, Jaime Berger, a former New York district attorney, summons Kay Scarpetta to a dinner party, but for what purpose? Kay understands that Fielding's murder and the one she once escaped constitute the beginning of a destructive plan. Faced with a sick and dangerous adversary, she finally breaks through the red veil that prevented her from understanding.