The Scarpetta factor
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It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. 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. In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr, who has vanished and is presumed dead. Moments later during the same telecast she receives a startling call-in from a former psychiatrist patient of Benton Wesley's. When she returns after the show to the apartment where she and Benton live, she finds an ominous package - possibly a bomb - waiting for her at the front desk. 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 millionaires with whom Lucy seems to have shared a secret past.
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Cornwell, P. D. (2010). The Scarpetta factor. Berkley Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. 2010. The Scarpetta Factor. Berkley Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Cornwell, Patricia Daniels, The Scarpetta Factor. Berkley Books, 2010.
MLA Citation (style guide)Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. The Scarpetta Factor. Berkley Books, 2010.
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