SHARP FORCE by Patricia Cornwell (epub)(Fiction)

SHARP FORCE by Patricia Cornwell (epub)(Fiction)

Title: Sharp Force (Kay Scarpetta, #29).​
Author: Patricia Cornwell.​
Release Date: October 7, 2025.​
Length: 400 pages.​
Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Mystery & Suspense.​

Sharp Force begins on Christmas morning when Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a urgent alert about the Phantom Slasher's latest attack, a serial killer who terrorizes Northern Virginia by using cutting-edge technology to infiltrate victims' homes, surveil them remotely, and project eerie holograms before slitting throats in their sleep.​
Scarpetta races to Mercy Island's infamous psychiatric hospital, where two brutalized victims await—one tied to her personal history—unearthing a conspiracy among D.C.'s power elite and realizing the killer's escalating pattern positions her as the next target in a high-tech cat-and-mouse game.​
Blending forensic precision with psychological dread, the novel explores themes of surveillance, vulnerability, and elite corruption, delivering Cornwell's signature pulse-racing tension as Scarpetta fights to dismantle the threat before it claims her life.