“Cause of Death” by Patricia Cornwell

It happened in the USA, in Virginia, during the last days of 1995 and the first month of 1996. It started when, instead of cooking lasagna for the New Year Eve Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the chief medical examiner of Virginia, had to dive into the cold water of the Elizabeth river just so she could personally examine an apparent drowning victim – and, immediately after that, personally, do the post-mortem.
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