Black Notice

An intriguing Dr Kay Scarpetta novel which will take Kay an ocean's breadth away from home.The case begins when a cargo ship arriving at Richmond, Virginia's Deep Water Terminal from Belgium

An intriguing Dr Kay Scarpetta novel which will take Kay an ocean's breadth away from home.The case begins when a cargo ship arriving at Richmond, Virginia's Deep Water Terminal from Belgium is discovered to be transporting a locked, sealed container holding the decomposed remains of a stowaway.The post mortem performed by the Chief Medical Examiner, 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, where she receives critical instructions: go to the Paris morgue to receive secret evidence and then return to Virginia to carry out a mission.It is a mission that could ruin her career