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Chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta solves the baffling case of two mauled bodies in the woods and the mysteriously large footprint found nearby in this thriller from a New York Times bestselling author.

Scarpetta, based on the character Dr. Kay Scarpetta, is now a streaming series starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis. 

In this thrilling installment of the Scarpetta series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement. The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence is terrifying and baffling, including a larger-than-life footprint.      

After one of the most frightening body retrievals of her career, Scarpetta must discover who would commit murders this savage, and why.