Mint condition.Little, Brown,2003.First UK edition.Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(two creases,nicks and scratches on the Dj cover),both in mint condition.The book is new with two small nicks and a couple of creases on the edges of the pages,light shelf wear on the Dj cover.465pp.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: Dr Kay Scarpetta has left Virginia in quest of peace but instead finds herself drawn into baffling, horrific murders in Florida, where she becomes entangled in an international conspiracy that confronts her with the shock of her life. 'All of Cornwell's books run on high octane fuel, a cocktail of adrenalin and fear . such is her grip on her audience and such is her ability to suck you into her hermetic, claustrophobic world that Scarpetta's tension becomes the reader's. Her fear is contagious, her adrenaline levels boost your own.