Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.9
Points
22.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
140637
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
500
Points per Page
0.044
Series
Scarpetta
Description
New York Police Department asks Kay Scarpetta to examine a handcuffed man who claims to have been injured during the course of a murder. The one thing Scarpetta knows is a woman has been tortured and murdered, and more violent deaths will follow.