Trace John Grisham the oath-breaker King Gorm -

the oath-breaker King Gorm - the man who betrayed his father

apparently killing at random

a gateway to other worlds - and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary

The old woman's death had been none of his fault

Trace John Grisham the oath-breaker King Gorm -Against her own judgement and the advice of Benton Wesley and her niece, Lucy, Scarpetta agrees to return to Virginia as a consultant pathologist on a case involving the death of a fourteen year old girl. Accompanied by Pete Marino she finds the once familiar territory of her morgue and her department much changed, and the new Chief Medical Examiner treats her with disdain despite the obvious fact that he is in desperate need of her expertise. But