In this fast-paced story, we travel back to the beginning of Kay Scarpetta's professional career when she enlisted in the Air Force to pay off her medical school debt. Now, more than twenty years later, her secret military ties have brought her back to Dover Air Force Base, and she is confronted with a case that could ruin her both professionally and personally. This is the latest Kay Scarpetta novel from1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. Previous books include SCARPETTA and THE SCARPETTA FACTOR.