Book of the Dead

In "Book of the Dead," the morgue log is a crucial record where all cases are manually logged. However, for Kay Scarpetta, it takes on a new significance. Following a difficult encounter with a psychopath in Florida, Scarpetta decides it's time for a change of scenery. She sets up a specialized private forensic pathology practice in the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina, where she and her colleagues provide expert crime scene investigation and autopsies to areas without access to advanced death investigation and technology. While initially ideal, the discovery of several violent deaths, including a ritualistic murder, an abused child's body, and a mutilated teen athlete in Rome, present new challenges for Scarpetta. She has faced many extreme and unusual crimes in the past, but none like this.