One of my friends at work was cleaning out her desk and gave me several books she had collected over the past few months. She knows I bookcross and just wanted to pass them on....

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Book Description
The heart-stopping new Dr. Kay Scarpetta thriller from America's #1-bestselling crime writer.

Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago.

In Trace, Scarpetta travels to Richmond, Virginia, at the odd behest of the recently appointed Chief Medical Examiner, who claims that he needs her help to solve a perplexing crime. When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds that nothing is as she expected: her former lab is in the final stages of demolition; the inept chief isn't the one who requested her after all; her old assistant chief has developed personal problems that he won't reveal; and a glamorous FBI agent, whom Marino dislikes instantly, meddles with the case.

Deprived of assistance from colleagues Benton and Lucy, who are embroiled in what first appears to be an unrelated attempted rape by a stalker, Scarpetta is faced with investigating the death of a fourteen-year-old girl, working with the smallest pieces of evidence-traces that only the most thorough hunters can identify. She must follow the twisting leads and track the strange details in order to make the dead speak-and to reveal the sad truth that may be more than even she can bear. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author
Patricia Cornwell's most recent number-one bestsellers include Blow Fly, Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper-Case Closed, and The Last Precinct. Her earlier work includes Post-mortem-the only novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d'Aventure in a single year-and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain's prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the year's best crime novel of 1993. Her fictional chief medical examiner, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, won the 1999 Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author. Cornwell helped establish the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine, the first forensic training facility of its kind in the nation, and serves as the institute's Chairman of the Board. Visit the institute's website at www.vifsm.org and Cornwell's own website at www.patriciacornwell.com. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Releasing this one when MissLou and I meetup for our weekly coffee chat at Starbucks...

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Heehee, I wanted to nab this one from you when I saw it at the house, then I ended up getting it at work. I read the first few chapters but it wasn't working for me. Maybe Kay had a funky attitude at the beginning or something. In any case, it isn't going to get read sitting on my nightstand. It's more likely to have a glass of water knocked onto it by the cat. Best to send it on its way.

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Left at the Meetup.

Picked up at the meet-up

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Gave to a member of my church last night. She enjoys mysteries and said she liked to give this book a good home.

Received this last night. Thank you!

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