This is the new book in the Kay Scarpetta series and I did enjoy it better than the last. I have always been fascinated with viruses and the stories behind exposures, much like the book Hot Zone. It begins the book with Kay in a foreign country trying to solve the international case of a murder who decapitates all limbs, and just leaves the trunk of a body to be found. In a landfill in Virginia the trunk of an old woman is found, but there are inconsistencies that make the detectives think that her murderer was just making it look like the previous murders. Even more shocking, the body is infected with some sort of smallpox. Then comes the web of events that people are becoming exposed to the deadly epidemic that the FBI must help to control. With the help of her niece Lucy, they try to track down the killer that has been corresponding with Kay via chat room and e-mail under the screen name "deadoc." Kay also deals with the emotions of Benton Wesley wanted to marry her, and still being hung up on her dead lover Mark, who she finds out devastating information about at the end of the book. Can't wait to see what happens next!
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