Punto de partida / Point of Origin
Patricia Cornwell
Punto de partida / Point of Origin
Patricia Cornwell
Con Punto de partida, Patricia Cornwell vuelve a los origenes de la carrera de la doctora Scarpetta con un relato que sondea el lado mas oscuro del alma humana.
En Richmond, la doctora forense Kay Scarpetta participa en la investigacion de una serie de incendios provocados que presentan un denominador comun: en los cuerpos calcinados de las victimas se encuentran siempre restos de magnesio.El caso no pasaria de ser uno mas en la larga lista de crimenes con los que Scarpetta ha tenido que enfrentarse, si no fuera porque estas ultimas indagaciones la estan conduciendo a una inquietante evidencia:los sucesos muestran caracteristicas que vinculan su pasado con el de Carrie Grethen -la psicopata que habia mantenido una relacion con su sobrina Lucy- y con un asesino en serie que nunca llego a ser capturado.
Y lo que es peor, Carrie Grethen, en paradero desconocido desde que logro escapar de un centro psiquiatrico de Nueva York, acaba de poner en marcha un juego maquiavelico cuyo objetivo es saldar una deuda de juego pendiente con sus contrincantes, Kay y Lucy, a quienes responsabiliza de su actual condicion.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The clues to a series of remorseless killings go up in smoke-and only Kay Scarpetta can find them in this #1 New York Times bestseller from Patricia Cornwell.
Sears its way into the psyche…Ablaze with Cornwell’s finest, scariest writing. -Atlanta Journal Constitution
The devastating fire tore through the horse farm, destroying everything it touched. Picking through the wreckage, Dr. Kay Scarpetta uncovers human remains-the work of an audacious and wily killer who uses fire to mask his brutal murders. And when Scarpetta learns that her old nemesis, Carrie Grethen, has escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is somehow involved, the investigation becomes personal. Tragedy strikes close to home. And Scarpetta must match Grethen’s every move with one of her own to douse the inferno of evil that threatens everyone around her…
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