The Scarpetta Factor Author:Patricia Cornwell A week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta--despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN--to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and u... more »nsettling events, culminating in an ominous package--possible a bomb-- showing up at the front desk of the apartment building where she and her husband,