forensic pathologists

Kay Scarpetta--now a senior forensic analyst for CNN--becomes embroiled in a surreal plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionairess with whom her niece Lucy seems to have shared a secret past.

As the chief of the Cambridge Forensic Center, Kay Scarpetta is confronted with a case that could shut down her new facility and ruin her personal and professional life.

Explores career opportunities for those interested in becoming a funeral director, embalmer, coroner, medical examiner, or pathologist.

Investigates how law enforcement, public health workers, doctors, and scientists contribute to the fight against medical crime.

NYPD criminalist Lincoln Rhyme joins his beautiful prot?eg?e, Amelia Sachs, in the hunt for the Coffin Dancer -- an ingenious killer who changes appearance even faster than he adds to his trail of victims. They have only one clue: the madman has a tattoo of the Grim Reaper waltzing with a woman. Rhyme must rely on his wits and intuition to track the elusive murderer through New York City -- knowing they have only forty-eight hours before the Coffin Dancer strikes again.

As he prepares to undergo high-risk surgery, paralyzed crime analyst Lincoln Rhyme and his prot?g? Amelia Sachs set out to solve the murder of a local teen and the kidnapping of two young women.

Lincoln Rhyme, a renowned criminologist left paralyzed after an accident, must utilize an assistant as well as his own talents to uncover a killer's identity before he murders again.

Kay Scarpetta, working as a private forensic consultant in Florida, is thrown into a turmoil when Jean-Baptiste Chandonne, a serial killer she was responsible for bringing to justice, requests that she administer his death sentence in exchange for information about his crimes, as well as a new rash of killings in the area.