Livid

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Sphere
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2022
Edition: First Edition

Description: 351 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In this thrilling new instalment of Patricia Cornwells #1 bestselling series, chief medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta finds herself a reluctant star witness in a sensational televised murder trial causing chaos in Old Town Alexandria with the threat of violent protests.Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta has just inherited one of the most notorious cases of her career. Two years ago, a former beauty queens body washed up on the shore of Wallops Island, Virginia. She was last seen on a boat with her fiance, who has since been held in jail while awaiting trial.Scarpetta must act as the expert witness for the case - an investigation previously botched by another forensic pathologist. After a gruelling cross-examination by the prosecutor, Scarpetta leaves the court only to discover that the sister of the judge on her case has been found dead.Scarpetta ultimately finds herself facing a powerful, invisible enemy - whos planning the unthinkable . . .ONE OF THE BEST CRIME WRITERS WRITING TODAY GUARDIANASTONISHING . . . THIRTY YEARS ON, THERES STILL NO OTHER CRIME WRITER LIKE HER SUNDAY TIMESAMERICAS MOST STIMULATING AND CHILLING WRITER OF CRIME FICTION THE TIMES

ISBN: 9781408725825