From Potter's Field

Resumen del libro

Christmas had never been a particularly good time for Dr Kay Scarpetta. Although a holiday for most, it always seem to heighten the alienation felt by society's violent fringe; and that usually means more work for Scarpetta, Virginia's Chief Medical ExaminerI. The body was naked, female and found propped against a fountain in a bleak area of New York's Central Park.

Her apparent manner of death points to a modus operandi that is chillingly familiar: the gunshot wound to the head, the sections of skin excised from the body, the displayed corpse - all suggest that Temple Brooks Gault, Scarpetta's nemesis, is back at work. Calling on all her reserves of courage and skill, and the able assistance of colleagues Marino and Wesley, Scarpetta must track this most dangerous of killers in pursuit of survival as well as justice - heading inexorably to an electrifying climax amid the dark, menacing labyrinths of the New York subway. For more about Patricia Cornwell and her books visit her website atwww.patricia-cornwell.com

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Patricia Cornwellx{0026}lt;/B (Florida, 1956), directora de Ciencia Forense Aplicada en la National Forensic Academy, ha recibido múltiples galardones en reconocimiento a su obra literaria; destacan los premios Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, Macavity, el francés Prix du Roman d Aventure, el galardón británico Gold Dagger y el Galaxy British Book Award.x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P En 1999, la doctora forense Kay Scarpetta, protagonista de la mayoría de sus novelas, recibió el premio Sherlock al mejor detective creado por un autor estadounidense.x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P La obra de Cornwell ha sido traducida a más de treinta y dos idiomas.x{0026}lt;/P