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She also experiences an unlikely attraction to a female FBI agent named Lucy Farinelli, who will later become a major ally in her fight against the cult. These documents eventually lead Scarpetta to a secret cult of perverted killers who, in a twisted attempt to achieve immortality, have committed a series of murders that they believe connects the living and the dead.Īs Scarpetta pursues her investigation, she is haunted by flashbacks of her own childhood and past cases that challenge her professional ethics. Scarpetta, along with her assistant Pete Marino, investigates the criminal underworld and finds documents that tie them to the murders. Throughout the book, Scarpetta comes close to several potential suspects who all seem to be involved in a complex network of murder and deception. The case quickly leads her to a longer investigation, which Scarpetta eventually learns involves a serial killer. After studying the scene and making some observations, Scarpetta diagnoses the deceased couple as likely victims of a contract murder.

The novel begins with Scarpetta arriving at a crime scene in Richmond, Virginia, where an elderly man and his wife were killed in their home. Kay Scarpetta, as she delves deep into the mysterious murder of a young couple.

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