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The No. 1 bestselling series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.You are being watchedThe death of a Hollywood mogul's daughter has the police convinced it's an accident. But Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows better. It's almost as if someone is leaving evidence only she would spot.They are always three steps aheadScarpetta is sidetracked when she receives a video clip revealing disturbing secrets about her niece, Lucy. But before she can react, the FBI raid Lucy's estate.Time is running outScarpetta suspects one person is behind it all: the murder, the videos, the FBI. She needs to stop them before it''s too late and everyone she loves is destroyed.

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Praise for Patricia Cornwell & the Kay Scarpetta Novels:

‘Cutting-edge’ Sun

‘A pioneer of the genre of forensic psychological thriller’ BBC

‘America’s most stimulating and chilling writer of crime fiction’ The Times

‘Devilishly clever’ Sunday Times

‘She is a brilliant writer and I was absolutely gripped’ Mail on Sunday

‘The top gun in this field’ Daily Telegraph

‘Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns’ Mirror

‘The Agatha Christie of the DNA age’ Express

‘One of the best crime writers writing today’ Guardian

‘Few writers match Patricia Cornwell when it comes to writing crime and her latest Scarpetta novel is one of her best’ Daily Express

‘When it comes to the forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell’ New York Times Book Review

Depraved Heart

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    A Paperback / softback by Patricia Cornwell

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperCollins
      Published 14 July 2016
      ISBN-13 9780007552498
      978-0007552498
      ISBN-10 0007552491
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      Books by Patricia Cornwell

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The No. 1 bestselling series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.You are being watchedThe death of a Hollywood mogul's daughter has the police convinced it's an accident. But Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows better. It's almost as if someone is leaving evidence only she would spot.They are always three steps aheadScarpetta is sidetracked when she receives a video clip revealing disturbing secrets about her niece, Lucy. But before she can react, the FBI raid Lucy's estate.Time is running outScarpetta suspects one person is behind it all: the murder, the videos, the FBI. She needs to stop them before it''s too late and everyone she loves is destroyed.

      Trade Review

      Praise for Patricia Cornwell & the Kay Scarpetta Novels:

      ‘Cutting-edge’ Sun

      ‘A pioneer of the genre of forensic psychological thriller’ BBC

      ‘America’s most stimulating and chilling writer of crime fiction’ The Times

      ‘Devilishly clever’ Sunday Times

      ‘She is a brilliant writer and I was absolutely gripped’ Mail on Sunday

      ‘The top gun in this field’ Daily Telegraph

      ‘Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns’ Mirror

      ‘The Agatha Christie of the DNA age’ Express

      ‘One of the best crime writers writing today’ Guardian

      ‘Few writers match Patricia Cornwell when it comes to writing crime and her latest Scarpetta novel is one of her best’ Daily Express

      ‘When it comes to the forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell’ New York Times Book Review

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