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THE THRILLING NEW KAY SCARPETTA MYSTERY FROM THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER Iconic Bold Brilliant Identity Unknown is hauntingly original impossibly clever and devilishly daring Scalpel sharp storytelling trademark twists and characters that feel like family this series is one of the all time greats CHRIS WHITAKER author of Sunday Times bestseller All the Colours of the Dark Summoned to an unnerving abandoned theme park to retrieve a body Dr Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is a man she once loved While teaching in Rome during the early days of her career Scarpetta had a love affair with acclaimed astrophysicist Sal Giordano that led to a lifelong friendship The murder scene is bizarre with a crop circle of petals around the body and Giordano s skin is strangely red Scarpetta s niece Lucy believes he was dropped from an unidentified flying craft Scarpetta knows an autopsy can reveal the dead s secrets but she is shocked to find her friend seems to have deliberately left her a clue As the investigators are torn between suspicions of otherworldly forces and of Giordano himself Scarpetta detects an explanation closer to home that in her mind is far more evil DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT SHAPED THE WORLD OF CRIME FICTION One