First New Jersey, then Massachusetts, and then into the murky depths off the coast of South Florida, where Scarpetta dives a shipwreck, looking for answers that only she can discover and analyze. The victims seem to have nothing in common, and there is no pattern that might indicate where the Copperhead will strike next. The shots are so perfect, they cause instant death and seem impossible, and the death scenes aren't crime scenes because the killer was never within hundreds of yards of the victims. In this 22nd Scarpetta novel, the master forensic sleuth finds herself in the middle of a nightmarish pursuit of a serial sniper who seems to leave no evidence except fragments of copper. A high school music teacher has been shot with shocking precision as he unloaded groceries from his car. Is this a kids' game? If so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny it's as if they're newly minted? Then her cellphone rings, and Detective Pete Marino tells her there's been a homicide five minutes away. Kay Scarpetta's birthday and she's about to head to Miami for a vacation with her FBI profiler husband Benton Wesley when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their Cambridge house. #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers another enthralling thriller in her high-stakes forensic series starring Kay Scarpetta. There she comes face to face with shocking news that implicates her niece, Lucy-Scarpetta's own flesh and blood.'- Back cover.

First it was New Jersey, then Massachusetts, and then the murky depths off the coast.

There is no pattern to indicate where the killer will strike next. The shots seem impossible to achieve, yet they are so perfect they cause instant death. A high school teacher was shot with uncanny precision as he unloaded groceries from his car. Is this a kids' game? If so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny they could be newly minted? Then she learns there's been a homicide five minutes away. Kay Scarpetta is about to head to Miami for a vacation when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind her home.

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