This mind-boggling plot hops from Virginia to London to Utah and back again. A serial killer dismembers his victims and a mysterious, fatal virus appears in some of the corpses. The connection is difficult to make, but Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta knows it must be made. And her impressive credentials don't make the going any easier this time out. Eighth in the series. "The suspense builds to an unbearable pitch."—Booklist