000 02012cam 2200301 a 4504
003 DLC
005 19970927132508.9
008 950823s1996 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a95040298
020 $a0399141464
020 $a0399141707 (limited ed.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC$dOrLoB-B
050 00 $aPS3553 O698$bC38 1996
082 00 $a813/.54$220
100 10 $aCornwell, Patricia Daniels.
245 10 $aCause of death /$cPatricia Cornwell.
260 $aNew York :$bG.P. Putnam's Sons,$cc1996.
300 $a340 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $aPatricia 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.
520 8 $aNew 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?
520 8 $aWith 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.
590 $aPurchased by the Carl Neureuther Endowed Book
Fund.
650 0 $aScarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character)$xFiction.
650 0 $aMedical examiners (Law)$zVirginia$xFiction.
650 0 $aWomen detectives$zVirginia$xFiction.
791 2 $aCarl Neureuther Endowed Book Fund.$4donor.
910 $agv lc2 11/20/97
902 $a970927AF0701
