The inspiration for the hit Amazon Prime Video series Scarpetta —starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis! In this heart-pounding thriller from #1 New York Times bestseller Patricia Cornwell, Dr. Kay Scarpetta must match wits with a serial killer who preys on the young and in love. They say Virginia is for lovers… But in the last few months, four young couples in Richmond mysteriously disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses. When the daughter of the president's newest drug czar vanishes along with her boyfriend, Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows time is short. Following a macabre trail of evidence that ties the present homicides to a grisly crime in the past, Kay must draw upon her own personal resources to track down a murderer who is as skilled at eliminating clues as she is at finding them.