It is the week before Christmas A tanking economy has prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta _ despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN _ to offer her services pro bono to New York City´s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr, who has vanished and is presumed dead...