My first one of Patricia Cornwell. Dr. Kay Scarpetta is a Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia called upon to examine the body of one Beryl Madison, a gruesome murder victim. As a forensic pathologist her job is only to examine the bodies for various clues. But she goes beyond that and delves into the reason for the murder of the writer Beryl. One murder leads to another that of Cary Harper the mentor of Beryl, followed soon by the death of Cary's sister. Patricia's throws clues here and there and finally manages to connect all of them together. There is edge of seat suspense in the book, probably because Patricia brings in a lot of events and incidents not within the original realm of thought but brings them together spectacularly. There is sleaze lawyer Sparacino out for his two cents worth of glory and a suspense. There is Al Hunt a young kid with clairvoyant thoughts and his own story. Nice racy read. Goodreads 4/5
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