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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
You've never met anyone like Randle Patrick McMurphy. He's a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the ward of a mental hospital and takes over. He's a lusty, profane, life-loving fighter who rallies the other patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of Big Nurse. He promotes gambling in the ward, smuggles in wine and women, and at every turn, openly defies her rule. The contest starts as sport, with McMurphy taking bets...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 22
Physical Desc
496 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relocating to Charleston after a particularly grueling case, Dr. Kay Scarpetta opens a private forensic pathology practice but is quickly targeted by local politics and a covert saboteur before a series of violent deaths brings her skills into high view.
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 22
Physical Desc
496 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Scarpetta examines a young man's body, she discovers stunning indications that he may have been alive when he was zipped inside a pouch and locked inside the cooler of her new Cambridge Forensic Center in Massachusetts. Various 3-D radiology scans reveal more shocking details about internal injuries unlike any Scarpetta has ever seen. These suggest the possibility of a conspiracy to cause mass casualties, and she races against time to discover...