Publisher's Synopsis
THE BREATHTAKING NEW KAY SCARPETTA THRILLER FROM THE 120-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER
Two mauled bodies in the woods. Two top secret autopsies. The most chilling case of Scarpetta's career . . .
In this thrilling new instalment of the #1 bestselling series, chief medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement.
The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence is terrifying and baffling, including a larger-than-life footprint.
After one of the most frightening body retrievals of her career, Scarpetta must discover who would commit murders this brutal, and why.
'A chilling, thrilling, macabre masterpiece. Unnatural Death is Patricia Cornwell at her mesmerising finest. The best just got better'
CHRIS WHITAKER, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END
'Sinister, surprising and utterly unputdownable. Cornwell at her brilliant best'
M. J. ARLIDGE, author of EYE FOR AN EYE
'Classic Cornwell with an up-to-the-minute twenty-first-century plot. An intoxicating blend that proves Scarpetta is still queen of the autopsy and Cornwell is still queen of crime fiction'
ANDREA MARA, author of NO ONE SAW A THING
'One of the best crime writers writing today'
GUARDIAN
'Thirty years on, there's still no other crime writer like her'
SUNDAY TIMES
'The top gun in this field'
DAILY TELEGRAPH
