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This week's book of the week is, Sharp Force by Patricia Cornwell. Sharp Force is the 29th novel in Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta series. In this Christmas-set thriller, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta investigates a series of brutal murders in Northern Virginia carried out by a mysterious serial killer known as the Phantom Slasher. Victims are terrorized with eerie hologram-like apparitions before being murdered, and Scarpetta is drawn into multiple interconnected cases — including the drowning of a man found with a precious emerald ring and the discovery of a woman’s remains near an old psychiatric hospital on Mercy Island. As the body count rises, Scarpetta teams up with longtime allies like Pete Marino to track the killer’s high-tech methods and confront the possibility that she might be next. The story blends traditional forensic investigation with futuristic elements like robotic dogs and advanced technology.