Newly appointed Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Kay Scarpetta faces the challenge of her career as she threads her way through a maze of political machinations, professional jealousy, and mysterious forensic evidence to find a serial killer terrorizing Richmond.

When Rachel Grant returns to Richmond, Virginia, to settle her parents' estate, she is haunted by a man who says he wants to settle a three million dollar debt owed to her father. But this mysterious man bears an uncanny resemblance to Rachel's childhood sweetheart, who disappeared days before their wedding ten years before.

"Thirteen-year-old Kevin Phifer has a lot to worry about. His uncle Paul is coming out, Tyrell the bully throws lit Black 'n' Milds at him, Demetric at school has the best last-year-fly-gear and Aisha's attention, girls prefer his nerdy friend David, his sister Laura is suddenly ignoring him, Mama is dating, and to top it off ... he's grounded"--Page 4 of cover.

During a rally in the searing heat of a Virginia summer, two men plummet from a building into the crowd below. The victims are a white police officer and a young black man with a troubled past. And though hundreds of people stood at the scene, nobody saw what happened. Or are they just not talking? FBI agent Raleigh Harmon, one of Richmond's own, has to solve the case--fast. The Bureau wants a quick verdict, with or without the truth. But with tight-lipped...

Molly Appleby loves her job at Collector's Weekly covering auctions and estate sales all over the South. When her latest assignment takes her to Richmond, Virginia, to interview the staff of the hit TV show Hidden Treasures, she's expecting a quick, fun trip. But when one of the show's appraisers is found murdered, Molly realizes that once again she'll have to put on her detective's cap until the culprit is captured. As Richmond locals flock to the...