Reclusive author Beryl Madison finds no safe haven from months of menacing phone calls -- or the tormented feeling that her every move is being watched. When the writer is found slain in her own home, Kay Scarpetta pieces together the intricate forensic evidence -- while unwittingly edging closer to a killer waiting in the shadows....Much Better Than the First This, the second book of the Kay Scarpetta series, moved much faster and kept me guessing much more than the first book, Postmortem did. The book starts with novelist Beryl Madison's fear of a stalker and then her murder. For some reason, it appears that despite her panic she let her killer into her house and reset the burglar alarm. If one is petrified of someone, then why let them into the house? The questions keep coming. Also, an old boyfriend of Kay's shows up and he and his motives keep us guessing. Nice mystery, fast read.
