num_pages: 11
description: Filled with tension and continual surprises, Unnatural Exposure is a thrilling chapter in Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta's life--and a triumph for #1 New York Times best-selling author Patricia Cornwell. The body of an elderly woman is found dismembered in a Virginia landfill. Scarpetta initially believes the clues mirror that of a serial killer she's tracked before, but upon further investigation, she discovers puzzling pox-like erruptions on the woman's body that, perhaps, point in another direction. When the killer contacts her via e-mail, Scarpetta enlists the aid of her computer-savvy niece, Lucy, to help track this monster through cyberspace. Learning that the Virginia victim was exposed to a high-tech virus that might unleash an epidemic, Scarpetta realizes she's dealing with a sophisticated mind. Her investigation leads her from the government's biological defense facility in Utah, to Atlanta's Center for Disease Control--and eventually to quarrantine, when it is discovered that Scarpetta has been exposed to this fatal virus. Along the way, she's forced to deal with the unscrupulous ambitions of a slick FBI agent, Lucy's problems, and her own turbulent feelings for Agent Wesley Benton.
language: English
title: Unnatural Exposure
titlecomplete: Unnatural Exposure (Kay Scarpetta, #8)
characters: Kay Scarpetta, Pete Marino, Benton Wesley, Keith Pleasants, Inspector Percy Ring, Lucy Farinelli
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Audiobook, Adult, Crime, Murder Mystery, Suspense
ratings_count: 58921
places: Richmond, Virginia, The United States of America
series: Kay Scarpetta
publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.