Point of Origin by Patricia Cornwell

Virginia's chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta is getting  ready for a romantic holiday with her retired-FBI-profiler boyfriend,  Benton Wesley, when she receives a cryptic and foreboding letter:  'Hey DOC, Tick Tock, Sawed bone and fire,' it begins. Even  more creepy, the taunting note has been signed by Carrie Grethen, the  psychotic killer Kay helped send to a psychiatric facility for going  on a murder spree with Temple Gault in Cornwell's earlier book Body Farm. Benton  believes that Grethen--who also happens to be the former lover of  Scarpetta's niece Lucy--has big plans for a comeback. And before Kay  and Benton can leave for their trip and discuss it further, Scarpetta  is called upon to don yet another professional hat, that of a  'consulting forensic pathologist' for the federal  government. Someone has burned a highfalutin horse ranch and all of  its contents, including a human being, to the ground. Worse, Grethen  has escaped and is on the loose and closer to Kay and her beloved than  she knows. Point of Origin, the ninth Scarpetta thriller, is  classic Cornwell: rich with detail and strong dialogue, and doused  with harrowing twists. This 1998 Putnam Hardback is in good condition. Owner's Name inside; DJ. Dust jacket worn along the edges.

ISBN: 9780399143946 SKU: 1383517 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1383517
Location: Mystery