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Dublin, Ireland and Richmond, Virginia: separated by thousands of miles linked by murder. For Dr Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia and Consulting Forensic Pathologist for the FBI, a lecture stint in Ireland provides the perfect opportunity to find out if the murders on both sides of the Atlantic are indeed connected. Five dismembered, beheaded bodies were found in Ireland years ago - now four have been discovered in Virginia.
But the tenth corpse, found on Scarpetta's return to the States, is different. There are vital discrepancies, and an indication that the elderly victim was already seriously ill. A copy-cat killing. Ghoulish, perhaps, but not unusual.
Scarpetta, however, is not happy. She is not happy about the FBI investigator leaking rumours to the press. She is not happy about exactly how the victim died. Most of all, she is extremely unhappy about the strange messages that start appearing on her computer ...
And then abject terror grips Scarpetta and her colleagues when the next body is found. The circumstances of death broadcast a clear and horrifying message: the killer is armed with the most lethal weapon on earth - smallpox.
Suddenly the crisis threatens to become a national emergency. Everyone in her personal and professional life is in danger, but the killer is prepared to answer to only one person - Dr Kay Scarpetta.
Unnatural Exposure sees Patricia Cornwell at her blistering best. Complex, chilling and imbued with extraordinary suspense, this new Scarpetta mystery consolidates her position as the frontrunner in her field.
