Unnatural Exposure [antikvár]

UNNATURAL EXPOSURE A body is discovered in a Virginia landfill. The details— expert removal ofhead and limbs—mirror that of a case Dr. Kay Scarpetta has been investigating in Ireland. But for Scarpetta, the game has only just begun. The killer boldly contacts her via the Internet, signing off with the ominous screen name deadoc. As her investigation deepens, Scarpetta discovers that the victim in Virginia was exposed to a rare smallpox-like virus before she was killed, and that Scarpetta herself could be infected. Now she knows she is up against a killer unlike any she has pursued before—a relentless psychopath with access to an incredibly sophisticated arsenal ofdeadly force. And with a very personal interest in seeing Kay Scarpetta suffer. "Relentlessly intense Stark and gripping . Scarpetta is back on her game and in peak form Cool, abrasive, with an edge sharper than a Stryker saw, the forensic pa-thologist dominates this thriller with her forceful person-ality as she tears around the country trying to contain an unidentified smallpox-like virus." —New York Times Book Review ' 'Thrilling . . . The nearly surreal opening scene of Unnat-ural Exposure makes Cornwell's latest Kay Scarpetta mystery immediately gripping and quite possibly literary Once again we see the ingenuity and bravery that have made [Scarpetta] so appealing." —San Francisco Chronicle