From Potter's Field by Patricia Daniels Cornwell

Author:Patricia Daniels Cornwell [Cornwell, Patricia Daniels]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Medical, Fiction, Suspense, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Pathology, Kay Scarpetta, Forensics, Women Sleuths
ISBN: 9780425154090
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 1995-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

The buzzer sounded in the bay as I wondered what else had been tampered with or taken. I thought about my office upstairs as I went out and pushed a button on the wall. The great door screeched open. Marino, in uniform, stood on its other side with two patrolmen and a detective. They ran past me to the autopsy suite, holsters unsnapped. I followed them and set my revolver on the counter because I did not think I would need it now.

“What the hell’s going on?” Marino asked as he looked blankly at the body in its unzipped pouch.

The other officers looked on, not seeing anything wrong. Then they looked at me and the revolver I had just set down.

“Dr. Scarpetta? What seems to be the problem?” asked the detective, whose name I did not know.

I explained about the removal service while they listened with no expression on their faces.

“And he came in with what appears to be a note in his pocket. What police investigator would allow that? What police department is working this, for that matter? There’s no mention of one.” I said, next pointing out that the head was bagged with a garbage bag tied with a shoelace.

“What does the note say?” asked the detective, who wore a belted dark coat, cowboy boots, and a gold Rolex that I was certain was counterfeit.

“I haven’t touched it,” I said. “I thought it wise to wait until you got here.”

“I think we’d better look,” he said.

With gloved hands, I slid the envelope out of the pocket, touching as little of the paper as I could. I was startled to see my name and home address neatly written on the front of it in black fountain ink. The letter also was affixed with a stamp. Carrying it to the counter, I carefully slit it open with a scalpel and unfolded a single sheet of stationery that by now was chillingly familiar. The note read:

HO! HO! HO!

CAIN

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