Title: Cause of Death
First published: 1996
Description: El cadáver de Theodore Andrew Edding ha aparecido bajo el agua, tras una supuesta sesión de inmersión. La forense Kay Scarpetta se encarga del caso y empieza a recibir llamadas telefónicas con identidades falsas, al tiempo que se producen comportamientos sospechosos por parte de sus colegas, intrigantes visitas nocturnas y molestos sabotajes. Ante esta situación, a Scarpetta no le queda más remedio que encerrarse en su laboratorio y no dejar ningún indicio por investigar.

In Norfolk, Virginia, a reporter is killed while scuba diving in the naval yard. As she investigates, chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta uncovers a plot by a fascist militia to take over an atomic power plant.
Subjects: Fiction, Forensic pathologists, Kay Scarpetta (Fictitious character), Medical examiners (Law), Women detectives, Women physicians, Detective and mystery stories, Women pathologists, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Women physicians, fiction, Scarpetta, kay (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, crime, Legal stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Virginia, fiction, Forensic pathologists, fiction
Places: Norfolk, Virginia
People: Kay Scarpetta (Fictitious character), Theodore Andrew Edding