Point Of Origin Av Patricia Cornwell

<p><h2><b>The ninth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.</b></h2><br><b>''America''s most chilling writer of crime fiction'' <i>The Times</i></b><br><b><br>A farmhouse destroyed by fire. A body amongst the ruins.</b><br><br>Dr Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner and consulting pathologist for the federal law enforcement agency ATF, is called out to a farmhouse in Virginia which has been destroyed by fire. In the ruins of the house she finds a body which tells a story of a violent and grisly murder. The fire has come at the same time as another, even more incendiary horror: Carrie Grethen, a killer who nearly destroyed the lives of Scarpetta and those closest to her, has escaped from a forensic psychiatric hospital. Her whereabouts is unknown, but her ultimate destination is not, for Carrie has begun to communicate with Scarpetta, conveying her deadly - if cryptic - plans for revenge. <br><br>Chillingly mesmeric in tone, labyrinthine in structure, <i>Point of Origin</i> is Patricia Cornwell at her most dazzling.<br><br><b>The next book in the Scarpetta series is <i>Black Notice</i>. And the brand-new instalment, <i>Identity Unknown</i>, is available now!<br><br><h3>DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT SHAPED THE WORLD OF CRIME FICTION</h3></b><br><b>''One of the</b> <b>best crime writers writing today</b>'' <i>Guardian</i><br><br> ''<b>Devilishly clever</b>'' <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br> ''<b>The top gun in this field</b>'' <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br> ''<b>Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns</b>'' <i>Mirror</i><br><br> ''<b>The Agatha Christie of the DNA age</b>'' <i>Express</i></p>