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 of the best crime
writers writing today' Guardian 'Thirty years on there's still no other crime writer like
her' Sunday Times 'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' Mirror 'In a league of her own'
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