{"product_id":"book-of-the-dead-9780425216255","title":"Book of the Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScarpetta\u003c\/i\u003e, an all-new Original Series, is coming soon to Prime Video! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter the chilling and captivating world of Dr. Kay Scarpetta before Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis bring the mystery to life onscreen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The new audience will be compelled by the characters, crimes, and mysteries that are the trifecta of Patricia's masterful storytelling... and a warning......there WILL be BLOOD.\" - Jamie Lee Curtis \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - Dr. Kay Scarpetta must solve a string of murders more baffling--and terrifying--than any that have come before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Dead is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to acquire a new meaning.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStarting over with a unique private forensic pathology practice in the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina, seems like the ideal situation for Dr. Kay Scarpetta and her colleagues, Pete Marino and her niece, Lucy. But then come the deaths . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sixteen-year-old tennis star, fresh from a tournament win in Charleston, is found nude and mutilated near Piazza Navona in Rome. The body of an abused young boy is dumped in a desolate marsh. A woman is ritualistically murdered in her multimillion-dollar beach home. Meanwhile, in New England, problems with a prominent patient at a Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital begin to hint at interconnections among the deaths that are as hard to imagine as they are horrible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScarpetta has dealt with many brutal and unusual crimes before, but never has she seen anything like what she's facing now. Before she is through, that book of the dead will contain many names--and the pen may be poised to write her own. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Cornwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Mass Market Paperbound\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.52h x 4.34w x 1.14d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780425216255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e122861 \/ Book of the Dead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Cornwell\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's major internationally bestselling authors, translated into thirty-six languages in more than 120 countries. She is a founder of the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine; a founding member of the National Forensic Academy; a member of the Advisory Board for the Forensic Sciences Training Program at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, New York City; and a member of the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital's National Council, where she is an advocate for psychiatric research. In 2008, Cornwell won the Galaxy British Book Awards' Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year--the first American to win this prestigious award. In 2011, she was awarded the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Ministry of Culture in Paris. Her earlier works include \u003ci\u003ePostmortem\u003c\/i\u003e--the only novel to win five major crime awards in a single year--and \u003ci\u003eCruel \u0026amp; Unusual, \u003c\/i\u003e which won Britain's Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Patricia Cornwell \/ Mass Market Paperbound \/ English","offer_id":47659099521181,"sku":"9780425216255","price":23.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a4caa974-2256-4fbc-8e18-dc6c8e44320c.jpg?v=1771350022","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/book-of-the-dead-9780425216255","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}