Sharp Force

By Patricia Cornwell

Book Overview

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell, a serial killer wreaks havoc on Northern Virginia, appearing as a ghostly apparition before striking--and Scarpetta must avoid becoming their next victim.

Scarpetta is soon to be a streaming series starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis

No one is safe from the serial killer--not even Scarpetta.

During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher has struck again.

The serial killer has terrorized Northern Virginia for months. His pattern is to stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables him to invade his victims' homes and watch their every move. They wake up to a ghost-like hologram before being murdered in their beds.

Scarpetta is summoned to Mercy Island, the site of a notorious psychiatric hospital where two people have been brutalized, one of them from Scarpetta's past. It soon becomes apparent that she could be next ...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538773961
• ISBN13: 9781538773963
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.0"