{"product_id":"scarpetta","title":"Scarpetta","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe sixteenth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''America''s most chilling writer of crime fiction'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured patient in a psychiatric ward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe handcuffed and chained patient, Oscar Bane, has specifically asked for her, and when she literally has her gloved hands on him, he begins to talk - and the story he has to tell turns out to be one of the most bizarre she has ever heard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe says his injuries were sustained in the course of a murder . . . that he did not commit. Is Bane a criminally insane stalker who has fixed on Scarpetta? Or is his paranoid tale true, and it is he who is being spied on, followed and stalked by the actual killer? The only thing Scarpetta knows for certain is that a woman has been tortured and murdered - and that more violent deaths will follow . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe next book in the Scarpetta series is \u003ci\u003eThe Scarpetta Factor\u003c\/i\u003e. And the brand-new instalment, \u003ci\u003eIdentity Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e, is available now!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDISCOVER THE SERIES THAT SHAPED THE WORLD OF CRIME FICTION\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''One of the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ebest crime writers writing today\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''\u003cb\u003eDevilishly clever\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''\u003cb\u003eThe top gun in this field\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''\u003cb\u003eForget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eMirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''\u003cb\u003eThe Agatha Christie of the DNA age\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eExpress\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57405259776382,"sku":"NW9780751538755","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780751538755.jpg?v=1778661212","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/scarpetta","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}