Patricia Cornwell submerges Dr. Kay Scarpetta in a labyrinthine case
that wraps a web of danger around those closest to her and threatens
to wreak fear and death far beyond the confines of Virginia.
New Year's Eve and the final murder scene of Virginia's bloodiest
year since the Civil War takes Scarpetta thirty feet below the
Elizabeth River's icy surface. A scuba diver, Ted Eddings, is dead,
an investigative reporter who was a favorite at the Medical
Examiner's Office. Was Eddings probing the frigid depths of the
Inactive Ship Yard for a story, or simply diving for sunken trinkets?
And why did Scarpetta receive a phone call from someone reporting the
death before the police were notified?
With the advent of a second murder - this one hitting even closer to
home - the case envelops Scarpetta, her niece Lucy, and police
captain Pete Marino in a world where both cutting-edge technology and
old-fashioned detective work are critical offensive weapons. Together
they follow the trail of death to a well of violence as dark and
forbidding as the water that swirled over Ted Eddings.
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