Cause of Death

Book 7: Scarpetta

by Patricia Cornwell

Genres: Crime Fiction; Medical Thrillers; Suspense

Synopsis

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 is dead.

Ted Eddings, an investigative reporter who was a favourite at the Medical Examiner's office. Was Eddings probing the frigid depths for a story, or simply diving for sunken trinkets? And why did Scarpetta receive a phone call reporting the death before the police were notified?

Release date: September 1, 1997

Publisher: Berkley

Print pages: 384