Trace: Scarpetta (Book 13)

Description: Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to Richmond, Virginia from freelancing in South Florida at the request of the recently appointed Chief Medical Examiner to solve the murder of a 14-year-old girl, but she finds that nothing is as she left it. Her former lab is being demolished; the chief isn't really the one who requested her; her former assistant chief has has personal problems that he refuses to reveal; and a glamorous FBI agent meddles with the case.

Review Quotes: "Scarpetta . . . is back with a vengeance."--The New York Times Book Review

"Cornwell gets her Hitchcock on. . . . [She] can generate willies with subtle poetic turns."--People

"Fun [and] flamboyant."--Entertainment Weekly

"Trace is rich and satisfying, with Cornwell sprinkling a trail of tantalizing bread crumbs for the Scarpetta faithful, who are always hungry for the next installment."--Associated Press

"Cornwell's latest is hard to put down. . . . Trace is solid and tightly paced, which should appeal to her legions of fans."--BookPage