Hornet’s Nest
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Cornwell, Patricia Daniels.
The bone bed / Patricia Cornwell.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-101-60663-6
1. Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character). 2. Murder—Fiction. 3. Medical examiners (Law)—Fiction. 4. Forensic pathologists—Fiction. 5. Women physicians—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3553.O692B64 2012 2012026347
813'.54—dc23
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