No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the twenty-fourth engrossing thriller in her high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the twenty-fourth engrossing thriller in her high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.Someone is following you…One summer evening in New England, two young girls stumble upon a body. Forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta arrives at the scene to find a young woman has been attacked with almost superhuman force.Someone is taunting you…Meanwhile, people close to Scarpetta start receiving suspicious calls. Could they be linked to Scarpetta’s anonymous cyber stalker, Tailend Charlie?Someone wants to destroy you…A second death shocks Scarpetta to her core. Because analysis of the body shows a material that doesn’t exist on earth. And it’s clear that someone, or something, is coming for her, and is hell-bent on creating chaos…Praise for Chaos:‘Slick, fast-paced and brilliant’ HeatPraise for Patricia Cornwell & the Kay Scarpetta novels:‘Cutting-edge’ Sun‘A pioneer of the genre of forensic psychological thriller’ BBC‘America’s most stimulating and chilling writer of crime fiction’ The Times‘Devilishly clever’ Sunday Times‘She is a brilliant writer and I was absolutely gripped’ Mail on Sunday‘The top gun in this field’ Daily Telegraph‘Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns’ Mirror‘The Agatha Christie of the DNA age’ Express‘One of the best crime writers writing today’ Guardian‘Few writers match Patricia Cornwell when it comes to writing crime and her latest Scarpetta novel is one of her best’ Daily Express‘When it comes to the forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell’ New York Times Book Review‘Dazzling… After reading Cornwell’s thriller, most others will pale in comparison’ Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe groundbreaking No. 1 bestselling crime thriller seriesPatricia Cornwell is recognized as one of the world’s top bestselling crime authors with novels translated into thirty-six languages in more than 120 countries. Her novels have won numerous prestigious awards including the Edgar, the Creasey, the Anthony, the Macavity, and the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure prize. Beyond the Scarpetta series, Patricia has written a definitive book about Jack the Ripper, a biography, and two more fiction series among others. Cornwell, a licensed helicopter pilot and scuba diver, actively researches the cutting-edge forensic technologies that inform her work. She was born in Miami, grew up in Montreat, NC, and now lives and works in Boston.The groundbreaking No. 1 bestselling crime thriller series• The Kay Scarpetta novels are consistent top Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers• Patricia Cornwell is a modern master, and continues to break new ground with the legendary Kay Scarpetta, who is ‘up there with the fictional greats’ (Mirror)• Fox 2000 Pictures is developing a feature film based on the Kay Scarpetta character. Elizabeth Gabler (The Book Thief, Life of Pi, Water for Elephants, Marley & Me) is producingCompetition: False Witness;Dark Hours;Rizzoli & Isles;1979;Karen Pirie;Jack Reacher;Better off Dead;Bosch. by;Val McDermid;Gillian Flynn;Shari Lapena;James Patterson;Michael Connelly;Harlan Coben;Peter James;Lee Child;Kathy Reichs;Karin Slaughter;David Baldacci;Martina Cole;Ian Rankin;John Grisham;Jo Nesbo
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