Black Notice by Patricia Cornwell

A foreign ship arrives in Richmond, Virginia, amongst its cargo an unidentified body…
While Lucy Farinelli goes undercover in Miami to bring down a notorious criminal cartel, Dr. Kay Scarpetta and Pete Marino discover a body in a cargo ship recently arrived from Belgium at Virginia’s Deep Water Terminal in Richmond. Initially, it seems as though it may be the decomposed remains of a stowaway, but Scarpetta’s post-mortem reveals neither a cause of death nor an identification. So the victim’s personal effects and an odd tattoo take Scarpetta on a hunt for information that eventually leads her and Marino to Interpol’s headquarters in Lyon.

At first, the highly confidential information they receive seems incredible, a bizarre trial of conspiracy and deceit, but inexorably the facts reveal a web of privileged and criminal arrogance which puts Dr. Kay Scarpetta directly in harm’s way and places her and those she most dear at mortal risk.