Cornwell, Patricia Daniels

Black notice / Patricia Cornwell. - 466 pages ; 18 cm.

A cargo ship arriving at Richmond, Virginia's Deep Water Terminal from Belgium is discovered to be transporting a locked, sealed container holding the decomposed remains of a stowaway. Scarpetta's post mortem reveals no cause of death or ID and sets her on a mission that could ruin her career. An intriguing Dr Kay Scarpetta novel which will take Kay an ocean's breadth away from home. The case begins when a cargo ship arriving at Richmond, Virginia's Deep Water Terminal from Belgium is discovered to be transporting a locked, sealed container holding the decomposed remains of a stowaway. The post mortem performed by the Chief Medical Examiner, Kay Scarpetta, initially reveals neither a cause of death nor an identification. But the victim's personal effects and an odd tattoo take Scarpetta on a hunt for information that leads to Interpol's headquarters in Lyon, where she receives critical instructions: go to the Paris morgue to receive secret evidence and then return to Virginia to carry out a mission. It is a mission that could ruin her career. In a story which crosses international borders, BLACK NOTICE puts Dr Kay Scarpetta directly in harm's way and places her and those she holds dear at mortal risk. https://www.kitabinabak.com/kitap/black-notice--patricia-d-cornwell--warner--kbk--9780751525434.

9780751525434


Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character) --Fiction


International Criminal Police Organization--Fiction


Medical examiners (Law)--Virginia--Fiction
Stowaways--Fiction


France--Fiction
Virginia--Fiction

PS3553.O692 / B53 2006