BLOW FLY presents Scarpetta with her most
challenging case yet - and the biggest shock of her life. It also
reveals a vastly different Scarpetta than the strong and powerful
medical examiner we've seen before. The book continues with the dramatic
narrative and character developments that began with Point of Origin,
in which Scarpetta's beloved Benton Wesley was killed, and continued
through Black Notice and The Last Precinct, in which she grappled with
the malevolent Chandonne crime family and faced trials unlike any she'd
known. Now, stripped of her title and her power, Scarpetta has left
Richmond to return to her native Florida, where she works from her
modest home as a private consultant - while desperately trying to
overcome the paralyzing fears and emotional scars remaining from her
recent battles.
While serving as a guest lecturer at the
National Forensic Academy, Scarpetta meets Nic Robillard, a Louisiana
police officer trying to prove herself on her small town's all-male
force. Ten women have been abducted from Robillard's region and are now
presumed dead, and neither Nic nor Scarpetta realizes that the brutal
predator behind these disappearances knows Kay and is trying to attract
her notice. At the same time, Scarpetta receives a disturbing note from a
terrifying former adversary - Jean-Paul Chandonne, the vicious Wolfman
who attempted to kill her in her own home. Chandonne promises he'll
reveal details about his family's various criminal enterprises, but
there's a catch. He wants Scarpetta to visit him in jail and serve as
the doctor who delivers the lethal dose at his execution. It's only when
Scarpetta travels to Baton Rouge to consult on a case involving an
apparent overdose that she begins to see the ties between these various
incidents - and uncovers a devastating personal connection to them that
will drastically change her life.
challenging case yet - and the biggest shock of her life. It also
reveals a vastly different Scarpetta than the strong and powerful
medical examiner we've seen before. The book continues with the dramatic
narrative and character developments that began with Point of Origin,
in which Scarpetta's beloved Benton Wesley was killed, and continued
through Black Notice and The Last Precinct, in which she grappled with
the malevolent Chandonne crime family and faced trials unlike any she'd
known. Now, stripped of her title and her power, Scarpetta has left
Richmond to return to her native Florida, where she works from her
modest home as a private consultant - while desperately trying to
overcome the paralyzing fears and emotional scars remaining from her
recent battles.
While serving as a guest lecturer at the
National Forensic Academy, Scarpetta meets Nic Robillard, a Louisiana
police officer trying to prove herself on her small town's all-male
force. Ten women have been abducted from Robillard's region and are now
presumed dead, and neither Nic nor Scarpetta realizes that the brutal
predator behind these disappearances knows Kay and is trying to attract
her notice. At the same time, Scarpetta receives a disturbing note from a
terrifying former adversary - Jean-Paul Chandonne, the vicious Wolfman
who attempted to kill her in her own home. Chandonne promises he'll
reveal details about his family's various criminal enterprises, but
there's a catch. He wants Scarpetta to visit him in jail and serve as
the doctor who delivers the lethal dose at his execution. It's only when
Scarpetta travels to Baton Rouge to consult on a case involving an
apparent overdose that she begins to see the ties between these various
incidents - and uncovers a devastating personal connection to them that
will drastically change her life.