āA knockoutā (People) of a thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta.
āKilling me wonāt kill the beastā are the last words of rapist-murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell, written four days before his execution. But they canāt explain how medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds Waddellās fingerprints on another crime sceneāafter sheād performed his autopsy. If this is some sort of game, Scarpetta seems to be the target. And if the next victim is someone she knows, the punishment will be cruel and unusual...