As winter grips Richmond, Virginia, an air of somberness pervades chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta's world. Her beloved niece Lucy is involved in a dangerous undercover police operation in Miami, and auntie fears for her life. A tyrannical new deputy chief, Diane Bray, wants to get Kay's department under her jurisdiction. Meanwhile, back at the office, someone has tinkered with the e-mail system, stealing Kay's identity, and sending off slanderous and hurtful messages. Emotionally battered, Scarpetta fears she is going insane. Or, could it be that someone is deliberately sowing this harvest of sorrow?

Mailing out tomorrow to the person who selected it from Svoight's Mystery VBB.

Received from Loriped via the mail as a choice in the VBB Thrillers/Mysteries. Thanks so much; I've just recently discovered Scarpetta and I'm sure I will enjoy this one as well.