Trace | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Chapters 1 - 10 Abstract

* Scarpetta has returned home to Virginia where the current Medical Examiner has asked for her help on a particularly difficult case.
* Scarpetta and Marino sit and look at the building that is being torn down where Scarpetta used to work.
* Edgar Allan Pogue is...
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