Featuring a new Introduction by the author, this classic thriller reunited Virginias Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta with Temple Gault, the bold, brilliant killer from Scarpettas past whose new murders are but a violent chain leading up to one kill--Scarpetta herself. Reissue. nIn From Potters Field, #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell enters the chilling world of Virginias Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta--and a bold, brilliant killer from her past. nUpon examining a dead woman found in snowbound Central Park, Scarpetta immediately recognizes the grisly work of Temple Brooks Gault. She soon realizes that Gaults murders are but a violent chain leading up to one ultimate kill--Scarpetta herself.n