Black Notice is the 10th story in the series by Patricia Cornwell that features Kay Scarpetta.
This book was released on August 2, 1999.
Black Notice book description
Cornwell delivers a high-stakes Kay Scarpetta novel with an intrigue that will take Kay an ocean’s length away from home.
The nightmare begins when a cargo ship arriving at Richmond’s Deep Water Terminal from Belgium is discovered to be transporting a locked, sealed container holding the decomposed remains of a stowaway.
The autopsy performed by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta initially reveals neither a cause of death nor an identification.
But the victim’s personal effects and an odd tattoo take Scarpetta on a hunt for information that leads to INTERPOL’s headquarters in Lyon, France, where she receives critical instructions: go to the Paris morgue to receive forbidden, secret evidence and then return to Virginia to carry out a mission. It is a mission that could ruin her career.
In a story that careens across international borders, Black Notice puts Dr. Kay Scarpetta directly in harm’s way and places her and those she holds dear at mortal risk.
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