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Physical description; 356 pages ; 25 cm. Notes; NOT price-clipped. First edition, first printing and off set. Summary; Virginia's chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta matches wits with a wily killer who uses fire to mask his crimes. The case begins with a fire in which many horses die and the embers yield a human body. Subjects; Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Medical examiners (Law) -- Fiction. Forensic pathologists -- Fiction. Genres; Medical novels. Detective and mystery stories. Legal stories. Fiction. Mystery fiction.