Medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta is anticipating a quiet New Year's Eve when she is called to investigate the death of a reporter found in the murky waters of a Navy shipyard. Her findings about the cause of death sets the FBI onto the story the dead man was following, leading Scarpetta and everyone involved into the hands of a cult fantastic.
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Kirkus Review Starred, May 1996 Library Journal, June 1996 New York Times, August 1996 Publisher's Weekly, June 1996 Wilson's Fiction, February 1997
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