The Scarpetta Factor (Scarpetta #17)

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardback. Near Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. 6.5"x9.5" 492 pgs plus list of credits. First Printing. Teal boards w/stamped letters on front. Black card stock spine w/silver letters. DJ design by Richard Hasselberger. DJ photo by Jan Cobb. Author photo by Debra Gingrich. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pgs. clean w/tone. Photo of building as paste down. Not x-library, unclipped. PON on ffep. Secure ship w/track #. It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta [ despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN [to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr, who has vanished and is presumed dead. Moments later during the same telecast she receives a startling call-in from a former psychiatrist patient of Benton Wesley's. When she returns after the show to the apartment where she and Benton live, she finds an ominous package [ possibly a bomb [ waiting for her at the front desk. Soon the apparent threat...Source: Publisher.