medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains

missing sister. His search led to Jasmine Hart's mountain cabin in Lakeview, Virginia, where another woman

Loving vs. Virginia Powell, Patricia Hruby

clinic. Only a surprising series of events can reconcile a stubborn father, a crusading law student, and

everyone is a stranger to her.......Sam has worked in law enforcement in Braden for the past four years, a

eldest, a Virginia law professor, newly single and still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce

elder, a Virginia law professor, newly single, still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce

getting rehired.   In a matter of days Samantha moves from Manhattan to Brady, Virginia, population 2,200

defense for one of the highest-profile murder trials Virginia Beach has seen in decades when Harry is

is her sister, Shelley, a law student who has been missing for a month. As Tom launches the

Ortho, the West Virginia town she has developed and defended. But as a born leader, she feels the call

Samantha moves from Manhattan to Brady, Virginia, population 2,200, in the heart of Appalachia, a part of