Sharp Force

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell “at the very top of her game,” a serial killer wreaks havoc on Northern Virginia, appearing as a ghostly apparition before striking—and Scarpetta must avoid becoming their next victim, with SCARPETTA soon to be a streaming series starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis. (David Baldacci)NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE SERIAL KILLER   NOT EVEN SCARPETTA…    Duringthe early hours of Christmasmorning, chief medical examinerDr.KayScarpetta receivesa chilling call. The Phantom Slasherhas struck again.  Theserial killer hasterrorizedNorthern Virginia for months. His pattern isto stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables him to invade his victims’ homes and watch their every move.They wake up toa ghost-like hologram before being murderedin their beds.    Scarpettais summoned toMercy Island, the site ofa notoriouspsychiatric hospital where two people have been brutalized, one of them fromScarpetta’spast. It soon becomes apparent that shecould be next…