This is a Kay Scarpetta novel.
The naked body of American teenage tennis star Drew Martin is discovered in Rome where she is holidaying with friends. She has been strangled and a portion of her flesh is missing. There is contradictory evidence found within the body about the timing of her death. Kay Scarpetta is called to Rome to assist in the case.
Back in America, Dr Marilyn Self claims to have a family emergency, leaves her television show on which Drew Martin has recently appeared, and hides herself away in a private clinic for her own personal safety. She has received an email which scares her. She has also received emails from Marino, the technician who works with Scarpetta.
The body of an unidentified young boy, who has suffered years of abuse and starvation, is found.
A passer-by enters a house near the beach whilst looking for the owner of a lost dog and walks into what looks like a murder scene without a body.
With the help of Lucy, her niece, Scarpetta is able to piece together bits of information and DNA which connect all these cases and lead us to the killer.
I have previously read a few of the Scarpetta novels, I think I have read at least 'The Last Precinct', 'Trace' and 'Predator' and possibly a few more. I have not read them in their chronological order. Each one is a story in its own right, but reading then randomly does mean that there are odd changes in the relationships between the characters.
I have a box set of 'All that Remains', 'Body of Evidence' and 'Postmortem' still to read on my bookshelf.
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