Used Book – Cruel and Unusual, Patricia Cornwell

Dr. Kay Scarpetta is investigating a suspicious death in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when a mysterious message appears on her phone. A video plays, impossible to stop, showing her niece Lucy twenty years earlier at the FBI academy. What she discovers, Scarpetta dares not share with her husband Benton Wesley, an FBI agent, nor with Detective Pete Marino, nor even with Lucy. She fears that this video signals the reappearance of her oldest enemy, whom she thought had long disappeared. Equally troubling, the FBI itself is relentlessly pursuing Lucy in a case that could send her to prison for the rest of her life. Are these events connected? To protect those she loves, Scarpetta must confront a Machiavellian murderer with inhumane actions.

A thrilling investigation blending forensic science, electronic surveillance, and very calculated revenge.