The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time at all, her increased...

The 'book of the dead' is the morgue log in which all cases are entered. For Kay, however, it is about to have a new meaning. Fresh from her battle with a psychopath in Florida, Kay moves to South...

Written by Patricia Cornwell, author of 'Post-mortem', 'Hornet's Nest', and 'Isle of Dogs', this is the second novel to feature Winston Garano.