An investigative reporter is found dead in Virginia''s icy
waters ...New Year''s Eve and the final murder scene of Virginia''s
bloodiest year takes Scarpetta thirty feet below the Elizabeth
River''s icy surface. A diver, Ted Eddings, is dead, an
investigative reporter who was a favourite at the Medical
Examiner''s office. Was Eddings probing the frigid depths of the
Inactive Shipyard for a story, or simply diving for sunken
trinkets? And why did Scarpetta receive a phone call from someone
reporting the death before the police were notified? The case
envelops Scarpetta, her niece Lucy, and police captain Pete Marino
in a world where both cutting-edge technology and old-fashioned
detective work are critical offensive weapons. Together they follow
the trail of death to a well of violence as dark and forbidding as
water that swirled over Ted Eddings. For more about Patricia
Cornwell and her books visit her website on
www.patricia-cornwell.com
關於作者:
Patricia Cornwell''s series of crime novels featuring the
forensic examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta are international bestsellers.
She is also the author of two police procedurals and the biography
of Ruth Graham. She divides her time between Virginia and New
York.