Black Notice: Scarpetta (Book 10) - Softcover

Praise for Black Notice

"Brainteasing...[a] hair-raising tale with a French twist."--People

"The author's darkest and perhaps best."--San Francisco Examiner

"When [Scarpetta's] in one of her cut-'em-up moods, you want to follow her anywhere...a series that keeps picking up velocity."--The New York Times

"The forensic sequences boom with authority; the brief action sequences explode on the page...A thunderhead of disquietude hangs over this compulsively readable novel, sometimes loosing storms of suspense; but to Cornwell's considerable credit, the unease arises ultimately not from the steady potential for violence, but from a more profound horror: the vulnerability of a good woman like Kay to a world beset by the corrupt, the cruel, the demonic."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Cornwell's latest villain is a wonderful creation...[Her] detail-laden descriptions of autopsies, gleaned from her work experience on the staff of a Virginia chief medical examiner, offers the same kind of unique insight Tom Clancy provides concerning high-tech weaponry...Black Notice is a pleasant step forward...the villain is cracker-jack, the chase is exciting...Good for Patricia Cornwell, and even better for her many fans."--Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"It is fascinating to watch Scarpetta and her supporting cast...become more and more themselves...especially in such a brilliantly paced adventure as this one."--Kirkus Reviews

The discovery of the decomposed body of a stowaway aboard a cargo ship arriving in Richmond from Belgium leads Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta on a perilous international odyssey from Virginia to Paris on a mission that could destroy her career and threatens her own life and the lives of everyone she loves. Reprint.