Synopsis: |
When bodies of young couples start turning up in remote woodland areas, Dr. Kay Scarpetta's task as Chief Medical Examiner is made more difficult by the effects of the elements. Eight times she must write that the cause of death is undetermined. But when a victim turns out to be the daughter of one of the most powerful women in America, Scarpetta finds that vital evidence is being withheld. And all the time, a sadistic killer is still at large... |