The Scarpetta factor
By: by Patricia Cornwell.
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Thorndike Press large print basic
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Waterville, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 679
ISBN-13: 9781410420015
Subjects: Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Medical examiners (Law) -- Fiction; Forensic pathologists -- Fiction; Women physicians -- Fiction; Large type books; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: Kay Scarpetta becomes embroiled in a surreal plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionairess with whom her niece Lucy seems to have shared a secret past.  In the seventeenth installment of the Kay Scarpetta series, the police are stumped by a particularly baffling crime. After exhausting all leads, authorities implore the help of Scarpetta, now a CNN senior forensic analyst. Presented with the opportunity to have her own show, she must choose between taking the case and following her television career.
Notes: "A Kay Scarpetta novel"--Cover p. 4.