Renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to her position as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner, where she investigates a haunting murder with eerie reminders from her first big case decades ago. In 1998, Scarpetta works alongside Detective Pete Marino and FBI Agent Benton Wesley as they investigate a series of brutal stranglings. Based on the best-selling novels by Patricia Cornwell.
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Scarpetta and Marino visit Matt Petersen's compound. Lucy and Officer Fruge search for the victim's boyfriend. Scarpetta is summoned to the Health Commissioner's office about press leaks.
Scarpetta and Marino find disturbing parallels between their current murder case and a jogger's "accidental" death from six months ago. Meanwhile, Scarpetta believes a colleague is undermining her work and makes a major breakthrough.
In the present, Scarpetta and Benton's marriage is tested when Kay is called in by the FBI to perform autopsies on two dead astronauts found at a crash site. In the past, it's Friday night and the killer could strike at any moment.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, back as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner, probes a disturbing murder case that mirrors her first major investigation from nearly three decades ago.
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