Sharp Force

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell "at the very top of her game," a serial killer wreaks havoc on Northern Virginia, appearing as a ghostly apparition before striking--and Scarpetta must avoid becoming their next victim, with SCARPETTA soon to be a streaming series starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis. (David Baldacci)

NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE SERIAL KILLER

NOT EVEN SCARPETTA...

During?the early hours of Christmas?morning, chief medical examiner?Dr.?Kay?Scarpetta receives?a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher?has struck again.

The?serial killer has?terrorized?Northern Virginia for months. His pattern is?to stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables him to invade his victims' homes and watch their every move.?They wake up to?a ghost-like hologram before being murdered?in their beds.

Scarpetta?is summoned to?Mercy Island, the site of?a notorious?psychiatric hospital where two people have been brutalized, one of them from?Scarpetta's?past. It soon becomes apparent that she?could be next...