The Scarpetta Factor (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780425236284)

In this provocative thriller, forensic expert Kay Scarpetta is surrounded by familiar faces, yet traveling down the unfamiliar road of fame....

It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta--despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN--to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events, culminating in an ominous package--possibly a bomb--showing up at the front desk of the apartment building where she and her husband, Benton, live. Soon the apparent threat on Scarpetta's life finds her embroiled in a surreal plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionaire with whom her niece, Lucy, seems to have shared a secret past.

Scarpetta's CNN producer wants her to launch a TV show called The Scarpetta Factor. Given the bizarre events already in play, she fears that her growing fame will generate the illusion that she has a "special factor," a mythical ability to solve all her cases. She wonders if she will end up like other TV personalities: her own stereotype.

Author: Patricia Cornwell
ISBN-10: 0425236285
ISBN-13: 9780425236284
Publisher: Berkley Books
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2010
Pages: 592
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 7.54h x 4.24w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.4
Point Value: 24
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 134976 / Scarpetta Factor