Someone is stalking Beryl Madison, watching her while she shops and phoning her at all hours. Then, and for reasons unknown, Beryl lets him into her home. The next day she is found dead and Chief Medical examiner, Dr Kay Scarpetta, investigates. By the author of "Postmortem".
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'Cornwell fabricates intricate plots and paces the action at an ankle-turning clip.' (The New York Times Book Review)
'Cornwell is the one to beat when it comes to slick, speedy chillers.' (The Sunday Telegraph)
'A great writer ... read these books only in broad daylight.' (The Daily Mail)
'Takes the reader into the fascinating world of the forensic crime lab ... a complex, multi-layered novel with enough twists and turns for two books.' (The Washington Post Book World)
'Cornwell has the milieu and the facts down cold ... a complex story that wends a devious path through dark spaces where corpses are discovered at practically every turn.' (The Los Angeles Daily News)
Cornwell is the one to beat when it comes to slick, speedy chillers (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
A great writer ... read these books only in broad daylight (DAILY MAIL)
Head-under-bedclothes tension (THE TIMES)
Cornwell's strength remains her resolute refusal to glamorise crime, hitting sickeningly home with the gruesome details while relentlessly building up the tension to a finger-chewing climax. (SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY)
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