After working on one of the worst mass killings in US history, Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta returns home to recover, but an unsettling call drives her straight back to work.
The body of a young woman has been discovered inside the sheltered gates of MIT, draped in an unusual cloth and posed in a way that is too deliberate to be the killer's first strike. A preliminary examination reveals that the body is covered in a fine dust that under ultra-violet light fluoresces blood-red, emerald-green and sapphire-blue, and physical evidence links this to another series of disturbing homicides in Washington, DC.
As she pieces together the fragments of evidence, Scarpetta discovers that the cases connect, yet also seem to conflict, drawing herself and her team deeper into the dark world of designer drugs, drone technology, organised crime, and shocking corruption at the highest level.
Dust is a thrilling, addictive novel featuring one of the most iconic, original and compelling characters in crime fiction today. And don't miss Cornwell's new Scarpetta thriller, Unnatural Death.
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
TRACE was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller in paperback in April 2005
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780751547597
Number of pages: 560
Weight: 398 g
Dimensions: 154 x 200 x 38 mm
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
Wonderful. Straight into the story. Kay is on a mission. Personally and professionally the characters are wonderful. You are right on the end or your seat. The story is absolutely fantastic.
A rather slow book. Although I like to follow the series they just don't seem to have the same tension as the earlier books.
This book was a great read, worth to wait until the end to find out who is it. :)
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