The most interesting aspect of the story was the mystery surrounding Lucy, however unless you had read the preceding novels this would be difficult to understand. What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting? If you could sum up Flesh and Blood in three words, what would they be? And when her pursuit of the sniper takes Scarpetta to a shipwreck off the Florida coast, she comes face to face with shocking evidence that implicates her niece Lucy - Scarpetta's very own flesh and blood… As Scarpetta investigates, uncovering details that only she can analyze, she begins to suspect that the killer is sending her a message.Īdding to Scarpetta's growing unease is the sense that those closest to her are keeping secrets. It looks like the work of a serial sniper - one who leaves no trace except for tiny copper fragments, and whose seemingly impossible shots cause instant death. The bullet tore through him as he unloaded groceries from his car. It's Chief Medical Examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta's birthday, and while she's enjoying a leisurely morning, a man is shot dead five minutes from her house. (Nov.Number-one best-selling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the next enthralling thriller in her high-stakes series starring Kay Scarpetta - a complex tale involving a serial sniper who strikes chillingly close to the forensic sleuth herself. Series fans may be pleasantly shocked by the return of a once-vanquished nemesis.
Soon the hunt is on, stretching from the tonier streets of Cambridge to the murky waters off the coast of Florida. Scarpetta knows the signature copper bullets are somehow connected to an odd discovery outside her and Wesley’s home: seven shiny pennies, all from 1981. Not only is the killer an ace shot, but even handcrafts the bullets. Even worse are the alarming similarities between the victim, music teacher Jamal Nari-recently erroneously classified as a terrorist-and two shooting deaths in New Jersey. Pete Marino calls Scarpetta to the scene of a fatal shooting in Cambridge, Mass., with all the hallmarks of a sniper attack. On the eve of a Florida birthday trip with her FBI agent husband, Benton Wesley, Det. Kay Scarpetta (after 2013’s Dust) pits the chief medical examiner against a threat uncomfortably close to home. Bestseller Cornwell’s thrilling 22nd novel featuring Dr.
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