Patricia Cornwell: Trace (USA 2012)

From the Publisher:
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago. Richmond, Virginia's recently appointed chief medical examiner claims that he needs Scarpetta's help to solve a perplexing crime. When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds that nothing is as she expected: her former lab is in the final stages of demolition; the inept chief isn't the one who requested her after all; her old assistant chief has developed personal problems that he won't reveal; and a glamorous FBI agent, whom Scarpetta dislikes instantly, meddles with the case.

Deprived of assistance from colleagues Benton and Lucy, who are embroiled in what first appears to be an unrelated attempted rape by a stalker, Scarpetta is faced with investigating the death of a fourteen-year-old girl, working with the smallest pieces of evidence -- traces that only the most thorough hunters can identify. She must follow the twisting leads and track the strange details in order to make the dead speak -- and to reveal the sad truth that may be more than even she can bear.

Patricia Cornwell: Trace. A Scarpetta Novel. Berkley Publishing Group, ISBN: 9780425250310 (July, 2012), 530 p., $9.99.

Patricia Cornwell: Trace (UK 2010)

From the Publisher:
Since Postmortem garnered critical acclaim and a record-breaking five awards for a first crime novel, the Scarpetta novels have often been imitated, but never bettered. Against her own judgement and the advice of Benton Wesley and her niece, Lucy, Scarpetta agrees to return to Virginia as a consultant pathologist on a case involving the death of a fourteen-year-old girl. Accompanied by Pete Marino she finds the once familiar territory of her morgue and her department much changed, and the new Chief Medical Examiner treats her with disdain despite the obvious fact that he is in desperate need of her expertise. But professional as ever, she re-examines the evidence and proves the girl was murdered. She also finds trace evidence which matches that found on an accident victim and at the scene where one of Lucy's operatives was attacked. It is not only a forensic puzzle, but opens up the probability that someone is after those closest to Scarpetta.

Patricia Cornwell: Trace. Sphere, ISBN: 9780751544985 (November, 2010), 457 p., £7.99.

Patricia Cornwell: Trace (USA 2005)

From the Publisher:
Now freelancing from south Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to Richmond, Virginia, the city that turned its back on her five years ago. Investigating the death of a young girl, she must follow the twisting leads and track the strange details in order to make the dead speak-and to reveal the sad truth that may be more than even she can bear.

Patricia Cornwell: Trace. A Scarpetta Novel. Berkley Publishing Group, ISBN: 0425204200 (June, 2005), 401 p., $7.99.

Patricia Cornwell: Trace (UK 2005)

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"Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns" Mirror
Five years after being sacked as Chief Medical Examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta returns to Richmond, Virginia, as Consultant Pathologist in the mysterious death of a teenage girl. Gilly Paulsson's death has stumped the best in the business. There is no obvious cause: nothing suspicious except for the fact that Gilly shouldnt be dead. Then Scarpetta uncovers trace evidence: Gilly Paulsson was murdered. But why?

Scarpetta's niece, Lucy Farinelli, doesn't want her aunt to get involved and she also has troubles of her own. One of her operatives has been attacked in her home. And whoever attacked her has left clear evidence of his presence. It's as if he deliberately left traces...

For Scarpetta, what began as a forensic puzzle expands into a larger, far more alarming picture. But still the vital pieces are missing. Who is the person tightening a web around her and her loved ones? Theres still mystery behind his methods - but not his murderous motives. 'Revenge' is stamped oll over this one...

Patricia Cornwell: Trace. Time Warner, ISBN: 0751530778 (April, 2005), 489 p., £6.99.

Patricia Cornwell: Trace (UK 2004)

From the Publisher:
Five years after being sacked as Chief Medical Examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta returns to Richmond, Virginia, and she is back with a vengeance. A vengeance not of her own making.Her return, as consultant pathologist in the mysterious death of a teenage girl, ruffles a few feathers - her own included. Yet Gilly Paulsson's death has stumped the best in the business. There is no obvious cause; nothing suspicious except for the fact that Gilly shouldn't be dead. The case has also stumped Dr Joel Marcus, the new Chief Medical Examiner - who is not the best in the business. Scarpetta knows as much. Pete Marino, accompanying her, says as much. And soon there's evidence to prove it - trace evidence uncovered by Scarpetta. Gilly Paulsson was murdered. But why?

Patricia Cornwell: Trace. The new Scarpetta Novel. Little, Brown, ISBN: 0316854735 (September, 2004), 405 p., £17.99.

Patricia Cornwell: Trace (USA 2004)

From the Publisher:
The heart-stopping new Dr. Kay Scarpetta thriller from America's #1-bestselling crime writer.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago.

In Trace, Scarpetta travels to Richmond, Virginia, at the odd behest of the recently appointed Chief Medical Examiner, who claims that he needs her help to solve a perplexing crime. When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds that nothing is as she expected: her former lab is in the final stages of demolition; the inept chief isn't the one who requested her after all; her old assistant chief has developed personal problems that he won't reveal; and a glamorous FBI agent, whom Marino dislikes instantly, meddles with the case.

Deprived of assistance from colleagues Benton and Lucy, who are embroiled in what first appears to be an unrelated attempted rape by a stalker, Scarpetta is faced with investigating the death of a fourteen-year-old girl, working with the smallest pieces of evidence-traces that only the most thorough hunters can identify. She must follow the twisting leads and track the strange details in order to make the dead speak-and to reveal the sad truth that may be more than even she can bear.

Patricia Cornwell: Trace. A Scarpetta Novel. Putnam's, ISBN: 0399152199 (August, 2004), 435 p., $26.95.