Newly repackaged in a tall Premium Edition, this #1 New York Times bestseller finds Dr. Kay Scarpetta on an international mission that will pull her in two opposite directions. Includes a new Introduction by Cornwell. Reissue. nIn this #1 New York Times bestseller Dr. Kay Scarpetta is on a deadly mission that will pull her in two opposite directions: toward protecting her career or toward the truth... nRemains were all that was left of the stowaway. He arrived in Richmonds Deep Water Terminal--the ghastly cargo of a ship from Belgium. The decomposed body gives Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta no clues to its identity--or the cause of death. But an odd tattoo soon leads her on an international search to Interpols headquarters in Lyon, France--and towards a confrontation with one of the most savage killers of her career...n