We enter The Last Prechsct through the reverberating aftershocks of Black Notice，inconceivably finding Virginia’S Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta an object of suspicion—and criminal investigation．And the nightmare perpetuated on Scarpetta’s doorstep continues as she discovers that the so-called Werewolf murders may have extended to New York City and into the darkest corners of her past． When a formidable prosecutor,a female assistant district attorney from New York．iS brought into the case．Scarpetta must struggle to make what she knows to be the truth prevail against mounting and unnerving evidence to the contrary.Tested in every way,she turns inward to ask：where do yoU go when there iS nowhere left?

THE COLD DUSK，GIVES UP ITS BRUISED absorb even the faintest hint of my silhouette as I move about packing my bags．Life could not be more abnormal than it is right now．“1 want a drink，”I announce as I open a dresser drawer．“1 want to build a fire and have a drink and make pasta．Yellow and green broad noodles，sweet peppers，sausage．Le sabbatical，go to Italy,learn Italian，really learn it．Speak it．Not just know the names of food．Or maybe France．1 will go to France．Maybe I"11 go there right this minute，”I add with a double edge of helplessness and rage．“I could live in Paris．Easily．”It is my way of rejecting Virginia and everybody in it.