Livid - Scarpetta Series

THE THRILLING NEW KAY SCARPETTA MYSTERY FROM THE #1 GLOBAL BESTSELLER ´I´M STILL SEEING STARS . . . KAY SCARPETTA IS THE SAME GRUMPY, WONDERFUL, RIVETING PERSONALITY SHE´S ALWAYS BEEN AND SHE´S ONLY GETTING BETTER WITH TIME´ JAMES PATTERSON Murder and mayhem. Scarpetta is back, and she´s racing against the clock . . . Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is the reluctant star witness in a sensational murder trial when she receives shocking news. The judge´s sister has been found dead. At first glance, it appears to be a home invasion, but then why was nothing stolen, and why is the garden strewn with dead plants and insects? Although there is no apparent cause of death, Scarpetta recognizes tell-tale signs of the unthinkable, and she knows the worst is yet to come. The forensic pathologist finds herself pitted against a powerful force that returns her to the past, and her time to catch the killer is running out . . . SCARPETTA WILL RETURN IN UNNATURAL DEATH, COMING SOON ´RIVETING´ THE TIMES ´CORNWELL´S ON BLISTERING FORM AND THIS ABSORBING THRILLER WILL KEEP YOU HOOKED´ SUN ´CORNWELL KNOWS HOW TO CRAFT A MEAN PAGE-TURNER AND LIVID IS NO EXCEPTION´ TELEGRAPH ´ONE OF THE BEST CRIME WRITERS WRITING TODAY´ GUARDIAN ´GRIPPING . . . SOUND THE KLAXON, DR KAY SCARPETTA IS BACK´ HEAT ´SCARPETTA´S 26TH OUTING AND THE PLOTTING REMAINS EVERY BIT AS FRESH AS WHEN WE WERE INTRODUCED TO HER´ BELFAST TELEGRAPH ´ASTONISHING . . . THIRTY YEARS ON, THERE´S STILL NO OTHER CRIME WRITER LIKE HER´ SUNDAY TIMES