Scarpetta Author:Patricia Cornwell Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta takes an assignment in New York City, where an injured patient in Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric prison ward has specifically asked for her. While Scarpetta examines him, she listens to one of the most bizarre stories she has ever heard. — Oscar ... more »Bane says his injuries were sustained in the course of a murder...that he did not commit. Is Bane a criminally insane stalker who has fixated on Scarpetta?« less