01951cam a2200397 i 4500 1713122291 TxAuBib 20241114120000.0 240329s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024014051 9781538770382 hardcover 1538770385 hardcover TxAuBib rda Cornwell, Patricia Daniels, author. Identity unknown / Patricia Cornwell. First edition. New York : Grand Central, 2024. 400 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Scarpetta series "Summoned to an unnerving, abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr. Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is a man she once loved. While teaching in Rome during the early days of her career, Scarpetta had an intense love affair with Sal Giordano that led to a lifelong friendship. The murder scene is bizarre, with a crop circle of petals around the body, and Giordano's skin is strangely red. Scarpetta's niece Lucy believes he was dropped from an unidentified flying craft. Scarpetta knows an autopsy can reveal the dead's secrets, but she is shocked to find her friend seems to have deliberately left her a clue"-- Provided by publisher. 20241114. Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character) Fiction. Medical examiners (Law) Fiction. Forensic pathologists Fiction. Women physicians Fiction. Amusement parks Fiction. Billionaires Fiction. Nobel Prize winners Death Fiction. Daughters Death Fiction. Viriginia Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. fast Scarpetta series.