From a New York Times bestselling author, a serial killer wreaks havoc on Northern Virginia, appearing as a ghostly apparition before strikingand Kay Scarpetta must avoid becoming their next victim, with SCARPETTA soon to be a streaming series starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis.

NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE SERIAL KILLER

NOT EVEN SCARPETTA

Duringthe early hours of Christmasmorning, chief medical examinerDr.KayScarpetta receivesa chilling call. The Phantom Slasherhas struck again.

Theserial killer hasterrorizedNorthern Virginia for months. His pattern isto stalk with a sophisticated technology that enableshim to invade his victims’ homes and watch their every move.They wake up toa ghost-like hologram before being murderedin their beds.

Scarpettais summoned toMercy Island, the site ofa notoriouspsychiatric hospital where two people have been brutalized, one of them fromScarpettaspast. It soon becomes apparent that shecould be next