Good Used. Christmas Eve in Central Park, Temple Brooks Gault stands over his latest kill, gruesumly washing his hands in the snow. Gault lifts the heavy steel emergency exit to the fetid tunnels below New York Citys subway system and disappears below. For Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia, and consultant to the FBI, this is her worst nightmare. Gault, who has eluded capture for years, a sadistic psychopath has returned. Kay arrives in the early eerie morning, immediately recognizing Gaults handiwork, however is puzzled by the bald, naked female victim, proppped up against a frozen fountain, as she apparenty disrobed in the bitter cold without a struggle, and walked barefoot through the snow to her death.