"A FIRST-RATE THRILLER...AS TAUT AND TERRIFYING AS THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. CORNWELL'S BOLDEST, DARKEST WORK YET" Baltimore Sun
"ENGROSSING...AN EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE NOVEL OF SUSPENSE, IN ALL ITS VARIETIES. Cornwell embroils Kay Scarpetta in a grisly case involving a recently executed murderer whose fingerprints turn up at a new crime scene... CORNWELL'S SLEUTH IS THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS" Entertainment Weekly
"CLASSIC CORNWELL...CHILLING...
RIVETING...UTTERLY CONVINCING" Richmond Times-Dispatch
"A PAGE-TURNER...I DARE YOU TO START READING PATRICIA CORNWELL'S NEW BOOK AND THEN BE ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN." Larry King, USA Today
"A KNOCKOUT...THE BEST WORK YET FROM CORNWELL...DISTURBING...COMPELLING...THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CASE THUS FAR FOR DR. KAY SCARPETTA" People
"TAUT, HIGH TECH AND EERILY CREDIBLE... WITH EACH BOOK, HER SCALPEL IS GETTING SHARPER.
Newsweek