I bought Book Of The Dead on lunch break and work, because I did not realize this was a series. I went back and bought all of the other books in the series up to that point, and loved the series. In this book, if one would have read it in the correct order, we meet Kay Scarpetta and Pete Marino, who are working a murder case together. We also meet Lucy, who it is hard to imagine is only ten in this part of the timeline. With the help of Benton Wesley, they set about solving the strangling death of a woman and a host of other unsolved murders linked to a single killer. I love the in depth use of the forensic methods that were available at the time, and they are true to the time frame the book is set in. I really like this series a lot.