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Port Mortuary
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Paperback Kay Scarpetta English
By (author) Patricia Cornwell


The eighteenth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.

Americas most chilling writer of crime fiction The Times

Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of virtual autopsy - a groundbreaking procedure that could soon revolutionise forensic science. And it is not too long before these new skills urgently need to be put into practice. A young man drops dead, apparently from a heart condition, eerily close to Scarpettas home. But when his body is examined the next morning, there are stunning indications that he may have been alive when he was zipped inside a pouch and locked in the cooler.

When the revolutionary 3D radiology scans reveal more shocking details about internal injuries unlike any Scarpetta has ever seen, she realizes that this is a case of murder - and that she is fighting a cunning and uniquely cruel enemy. Now it is a race against time to discover who and why before more people die. But that time is running out . . .

Praise for the groundbreaking series:

One of the best crime writers writing today Guardian

Devilishly clever Sunday Times

The top gun in this field Daily Telegraph

Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns Mirror

The Agatha Christie of the DNA age Express


Product details

Format Paperback | 496 pages
Dimensions 128 x 196 x 32mm | 342g
Publication date 01 May 2011
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint SPHERE
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
ISBN13 9780751543926
Bestsellers rank 49,265