[Dr. Scarpetta]

It's a sad thought that they could end up back in the White House.

[T'wit]

She was on a plane heading from California to Little Rock when Foster died. She knew. She knew. She had abruptly called off her whole week in California and was rushing back... She knew he was going to die.

But she was calm in the crisis. No time for grief. Within hours, in the middle of the night, she had her aides ransack Foster's office, carting away files. Violating a crime scene? Interfering with an official investigation? Obstruction of justice? Not when the Empress herself gives the orders.