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《屍體會說話》暢銷作家派翠西亞．康薇爾最新犯罪力作
最強悍女法醫凱．史卡佩塔單挑跨國恐怖份子

　　為了解開六個月前副主任Jack Fielding的死亡之謎，凱．史卡佩塔不理會旁人規勸，執意前往喬治亞女子監獄探視一個性罪犯，因為她深信這個犯人必定能提供她破案的重要線索。

　　抵達喬治亞後，史卡佩塔意外地發現幾樁謀殺案間有著驚人的關聯性。她以科學的方式逐步釐清了這一連串的犯案模式，卻無法循線揪出幕後黑手，連犯罪動機也很模糊。

　　隨著一步步深入追查，這起由國際恐怖組織所策劃的暗殺行動慢慢浮出水面。人在異鄉的史卡佩塔在無特別奧援下，該如何憑一己之力，來阻止即將發生的暴行？

作者簡介

派翠西亞．康薇爾 (Patricia Cornwell)

　　1956年出生於美國邁阿密。1984年開始在維吉尼亞州的法醫部門擔任檢驗記綠員。1984至86年間，康薇爾根據工作經驗寫下三本小說，然而出書過程並不順利。

　　她聽從建議，推翻原本以男偵探為主角的構想，改以女法醫為主軸，終於在1990年出版第一本推理小說《屍體會說話》，結果一炮而紅，為她贏得1990年英國犯罪小說作家協會約翰．克雷西獎等榮耀。

　　1993年，康薇爾再以《失落的指紋》拿下英國犯罪小說作家協會代表年度最佳小說的金匕首獎。系列作品中的主人翁凱．史卡佩塔醫生則在1999年獲頒夏洛克獎最佳偵探獎。

(文/博客來編譯)

　　Kay Scarpetta has arranged to meet an inmate at the high-security Georgia Prison for Women. The prisoner is a convicted sex offender and the mother of a vicious and diabolically brilliant killer. Against advice, Scarpetta is determined to hear this woman out - she believes she may hold some answers to the murder of her former deputy. But soon she finds connections to a string of grisly killings, including the slaughter of a Savannah family years earlier. She can see a pattern to these killings, but who is behind them and why?As she learns more, Scarpetta is compelled to conclude that this is only the beginning of something far more destructive: a terrifying terrain of conspiracy and potential terrorism on an international scale. And she is the only one who can stop it...

作者簡介

Patricia Cornwell

　　Patricia Cornwell is one of the world’s major international best-selling authors, translated into thirty-six languages across more than fifty countries. She is a founder of the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine, a founding member of the National Forensic Academy, a member of the New York OCME Forensic Sciences Training Program’s Advisory Board, and a member of the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital’s National Council, where she is an advocate for psychiatric research.