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LeavingbehindherforensicpathologypracticeinSouthCarolina,KayScarpettatakesupanassignmentinNewYorkCity,wheretheNYPDhasaskedhertoexamineaninjuredpatientinapsychiatricward.Thehandcuffedandchainedpatient,OscarBane,hasspecificallyaskedforher,andwhensheliterallyhasherglovedhandsonhim,hebeginstotalk?andthestoryhehastotellturnsouttobeoneofthemostbizarreshehaseverheard.Hesayshisinjuriesweresustainedinthecourseofamurder...thathedidnotcommit.IsBaneacriminallyinsanestalkerwhohasfixedonScarpetta?Orishisparanoidtaletrue,anditishewhoisbeingspiedon,followedandstalkedbytheactualkiller?TheonlythingScarpettaknowsforcertainisthatawomanhasbeentorturedandmurdered?andthatmoreviolentdeathswillfollow...