Title: Book of the dead
Description: The 'book of the dead' is the morgue log in which all cases are entered. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning. Fresh from her battle with a psychopath in Florida, Scarpetta moves to South Carolina and opens a private forensic pathology practice. A string of brutal killings shatters her dreams of a quiet life.
Subjects: Women physicians, Medical examiners (Law), Kay Scarpetta (Fictitious character), Forensic pathologists, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Fiction, medical, Scarpetta, kay (fictitious character), fiction, Forensic pathologists, fiction, Women physicians, fiction, South carolina, fiction
Places: South Carolina