Patricia Cornwell's main character, Kay Scarpetta, is a medical examiner and also the senior forensic analyst for CNN. She is asked some embarrassing questions on air, and when she returns to her apartment, she finds an ominous package - possibly a bomb - waiting for her at the front desk. Scarpetta's CNN producer wants her to launch a TV show called "The Scarpetta Factor", but given the bizarre events already in play, she fears that her growing fame will generate the illusion that she has a "special factor", a mythical ability to solve all her cases.
Throughout this book, Cornwell delivers shocking twists and turns that once again prove her ability to entertain and enthrall.
