Patricia Cornwell’s Flesh and Blood is the twenty-second novel in her series focusing on Medical Examiner Dr. With the bravura storytelling and state-of-the-art forensic details that are her hallmarks, Patricia Cornwell again raises the bar with this highly entertaining new tale, her most captivating SCARPETTA novel yet. Until Scarpetta comes face to face with shocking evidence that implicates her techno genius niece, Lucy, her very own flesh and blood. the victims appear to have had nothing in common, and there is no pattern to indicate where the killer will strike next. The shots seem impossible to achieve, yet they are so perfect that they cause death in an instant. In this 22nd Scarpetta novel, the master forensic sleuth finds herself in the unsettling pursuit of a serial sniper who leaves no incriminating evidence except fragments of copper. A high school music teacher has been shot with uncanny precision as he unloaded groceries from his car. Is this a kids' game? And if so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny they could be newly minted? Her cellphone rings, and Detective Pete Marino tells her there's been a homicide five minutes away. She's about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their home. It's a sunny morning in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and also Dr. #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the next enthralling thriller in her high-stakes series starring Kay Scarpetta - a complex tale involving a serial sniper who strikes chillingly close to the forensic sleuth herself.

Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell