Trace

"Five years after being sacked as Chief Medical Examiner, Dr Kay Scarpetta returns to Richmond, Virginia, and she is back with a vengeance. Her return, as freelance consultant pathologist in the mysterious death of a teenage girl, ruffles a few feathers. Yet Gilly Paulsson's death has stumped the best in the business - there is no obvious cause. The case has also stumped the new Chief Medical Examiner, who is not the best in the business. Scarpetta knows as much, Peter Mariono says as much, and soon there's evidence to prove it"--Publisher's description.