Sharp Force

by Patricia Cornwell

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Pub Date Oct 07 2025 | Archive Date Not set

General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers

Description

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell “at the very top of her game,” a serial killer wreaks havoc on Northern Virginia, appearing as a ghostly apparition before striking—and Scarpetta must avoid becoming their next victim, with SCARPETTA soon to be a streaming series starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis. (David Baldacci)

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…

Advance Praise

"In Sharp Force Cornwell is at the very top of her game and Scarpetta is as finely wrought as ever.... Sit back and prepare to be thrilled.” –David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author