'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The Times
A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. She has no idea why.
But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins to suspect the paleontologist's disappearance is connected to a series of crimes much closer to home: a gruesome murder, inexplicable tortures, and trace evidence from the last living creatures of the dinosaur age.
When she turns to those around her, Scarpetta finds that the danger and suspicion have penetrated even her closest circles. Her niece Lucy speaks in riddles. Her lead investigator Pete Marino and FBI husband Benton Wesley have secrets of their own. Feeling alone and betrayed, Scarpetta is tempted by someone from her past as she tracks a killer both cunning and cruel.
Praise for the groundbreaking series:
'One of thebest crime writers writing today' Guardian
'Devilishly clever' Sunday Times
'The top gun in this field' Daily Telegraph
'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' Mirror
'The Agatha Christie of the DNA age' Express
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780751548174
Number of pages: 512
Weight: 358 g
Dimensions: 130 x 201 x 34 mm
Her genuine affection for, and interest in, her main character radiates through the novel, and her research for The Bone Bed is as thorough as ever. Where Cornwell excels is in her ability to transcend the clichés and deliver a good, old fashioned thriller that has enough CSI-style touches to draw in the forensics- obsessed fan while never taking her eye of her plotting and characters - Sunday Business Post Ireland
Praise for Patricia Cornwell - -
One of the best crime writers writing today - Guardian
Devilishly clever - Sunday Times
The top gun in this field - Daily Telegraph
A pioneer of the genre of forensic psychological thriller - BBC
Cornwell's books run on a cocktail of adrenaline and fear - The Times
When it comes to forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell - New York Times Book Review
Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns - Mirror
Her genuine affection for, and interest in, her main character radiates through the novel, and her research for The Bone Bed is as thorough as ever. Where Cornwell excels is in her ability to transcend the clichés and deliver a good, old fashioned thriller that has enough CSI-style touches to draw in the forensics-obsessed fan while never taking her eye off her plotting and characters - Sunday Business Post Ireland
starts off with bones, then goes off to another, or should i say other subjects, but as other scarpetta novels, you can't put it down no matter how flippy foppy the story gets. Loved it. much better than the last...
I love the Scarpetta series and I always re read them all ready for the new book coming out. However I have really struggled to get into the last 3 books! I gave up after a few chapters when reading Port Mortuary... More
I think that this is one of Patricia Cornwell's best Kay Scarpetta Books. My heart was breaking for Kay, to see her so vulnerable. You are rooting for her. I was shaking. Definitely the best Kay Scarpetta book so...
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