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Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta is called to a luxurious Virginia farmhouse and horse farm destroyed by a devastating fire. Picking through the wreckage, Scarpetta uncovers human remains, realizing the fire was a deliberate act of arson designed to conceal a brutal murder. The investigation quickly turns personal and high-stakes when Scarpetta learns that her old nemesis, the convicted serial killer Carrie Grethen, has escaped from a forensic psychiatric hospital and is somehow involved, communicating her chilling plans for revenge. As Scarpetta investigates this new, wily killer who uses fire as a weapon, the case becomes a deadly cat-and-mouse game that strikes tragedy very close to home, forcing her to confront the escaped killer and the complex web of crimes.

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