The Book of the Dead is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to acquire a new meaning. Fresh from her bruising battle with a psychopath in Florida, Scarpetta decides it's time for a change of pace. Moving to the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina, she opens a unique private forensic pathology practice, one in which she and her colleagues offer expert crime scene investigation...

New York Times

--   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 savage, and why.