Autopsy by Patricia Cornwell

Scarpetta confronts danger on earth and in orbit

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Kay Scarpetta returns to Virginia with her husband Benton Wesley, taking on a role that brings her back to familiar territory. The discovery of a woman's brutally damaged body beside railway tracks soon points towards dangers uncomfortably close to home. At the same time, a catastrophic incident in a secret space laboratory leaves two scientists dead and demands Scarpetta's attention from far beyond her usual examination room. As separate investigations develop, she must interpret evidence under intense pressure while confronting disturbing possibilities about the people responsible. Patricia Cornwell combines forensic detail with a rapidly escalating thriller in which the boundaries of Scarpetta's work extend from her neighbourhood to outer space.