by Patricia Cornwell · CALMANN LEVY LE GRAND LIVRE DU MOIS · tapa dura · ISBN 9782702892077
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«Baton Rouge» is the forensic suspense novel by Patricia Cornwell, published by Le Grand Livre du Mois in hardcover (439 pages, in French).
After leaving Virginia, Kay Scarpetta works in Florida as a forensic consultant. A woman is found dead in a Louisiana hotel and the case pits her against Jean-Baptiste Chandonne, the convicted killer who demands to see her to reveal secrets of an international investigation; with her own people, Scarpetta must unravel the conspiracy.
It is the twelfth novel in the Kay Scarpetta series; the English original, «Blow Fly», appeared in 2003, and this 2004 French edition was translated by Hélène Narbonne.
For readers of forensic suspense who follow the Kay Scarpetta series; the novel continues the plot opened in the previous installment.
Patricia Cornwell is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sensational murders in Richmond, Virginia, where most of the stories are set. The plots are notable for their emphasis on forensic science, which has influenced later TV treatments of police work. Cornwell has also accused Walter Sickert of carrying out the Jack the Ripper killings. However, Sickert is not considered a serious suspect by most who study the case, and strong evidence shows he spent most of 1888 outside the UK, and was in France at the time of most of the Ripper murders. Her books have sold more than 120 million copies.
