Preowned hardcover novel.
By Patricia Cornwell
ISBN 0-399-14508-7
Putnam's Sons 1999
Shipping included.
On the inside cover:
"Patricia Cornwell lights a fire under familiar characters--and sparks her hottest adventure in years," wrote PEOPLE magazine about POINT OF ORIGIN, the instant number-one NEW YORK TIMES bestseller by America's premier crime writer. "Evil always smolders when it seems to be doused." said THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION. "Scarpettans know to keep their security svstems armed until the next installment."
Now Cornwell delivers a high-stakes Kay Scarpetta novel with an intrigue that will take Kay an ocean's length away from home. The nightmare begins when a cargo ship arriving at Richmond's Deep Water Terminal from Belgium is discovered to be transporting a locked, sealed container holding the decomposed remains of a stowaway. The autopsy performed by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta initially reveals neither a cause of death nor an identification. But the victim's personal effects and…”