Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell is a thrilling addition to the forensic series featuring Dr. Kay Scarpetta, published by HarperCollins on March 9, 2021. This edition spans 464 pages and is presented in English. The narrative begins on Scarpetta’s birthday as she prepares for a vacation in Miami, only to be drawn into a complex homicide investigation involving a high school music teacher shot with remarkable precision. As she grapples with the implications of the crime, Scarpetta uncovers a chilling pattern linked to a serial sniper known as the Copperhead.
In this 22nd installment, readers will follow Scarpetta as she navigates a series of seemingly unrelated murders across New Jersey, Massachusetts, and South Florida. The investigation leads her to dive into a shipwreck, where she seeks answers that challenge her forensic expertise. The story intricately weaves elements of mystery and suspense, exploring themes of crime and the impact of technology, particularly as it relates to Scarpetta’s niece, Lucy. Flesh and Blood offers a deep dive into the mind of a master sleuth facing a formidable adversary, making it a significant entry in the series.
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers another enthralling thriller in her high-stakes forensic series starring Kay Scarpetta.
It’s Dr. Kay Scarpetta’s birthday and she’s about to head to Miami for a vacation with her FBI profiler husband Benton Wesley when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their Cambridge house. Is this a kids’ game? If so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny it’s as if they’re newly minted? Then her cellphone rings, and Detective Pete Marino tells her there’s been a homicide five minutes away. A high school music teacher has been shot with shocking precision as he unloaded groceries from his car. No one heard or saw a thing. It’s as if God did it.
In this 22nd Scarpetta novel, the master forensic sleuth finds herself in the middle of a nightmarish pursuit of a serial sniper who seems to leave no evidence except fragments of copper. The shots are so perfect, they cause instant death and seem impossible, and the death scenes aren’t crime scenes because the killer was never within hundreds of yards of the victims. The victims seem to have nothing in common, and there is no pattern that might indicate where the Copperhead will strike next. First New Jersey, then Massachusetts, and then into the murky depths off the coast of South Florida, where Scarpetta dives a shipwreck, looking for answers that only she can discover and analyze. There she must face an unthinkable truth that points in the direction of her techno genius niece, Lucy, Scarpetta’s own flesh and blood.
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