by Patricia Cornwell · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804605072
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«Il libro dei morti» is the mystery and suspense novel by Patricia Cornwell, published by Mondadori in 2011 in paperback (358 pages, in Italian).
Kay Scarpetta settles in Charleston, where she opens a forensic pathology practice with the help of her niece Lucy and Pete Marino. Her new life is upended when she travels to Rome to investigate the death of an American tennis player, apparently linked to the murder of a child in Charleston. Behind the crimes seems to be her old enemy, the psychiatrist Marilyn Self, and Kay must decipher the killer's messages before he strikes again.
It is the twenty-first installment in the series featuring Dr. Kay Scarpetta. The edition belongs to the Oscar Bestsellers collection.
Patricia Cornwell is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sensational murders in Richmond, Virginia, where most of the stories are set. The plots are notable for their emphasis on forensic science, which has influenced later TV treatments of police work. Cornwell has also accused Walter Sickert of carrying out the Jack the Ripper killings. However, Sickert is not considered a serious suspect by most who study the case, and strong evidence shows he spent most of 1888 outside the UK, and was in France at the time of most of the Ripper murders. Her books have sold more than 120 million copies.
