The Scarpetta Series; Vol. 7; New Year's Eve and the final murder scene of a bloody year in Virginia takes Scarpetta thirty feet below the icy surface of the Elizabeth River. A diver, Ted Eddings, is dead, an investigative reporter who was a favourite at the Medical Examiner's office. Was Eddings probing the frigid depths of the Inactive Shipyard for a story, or simply diving for sunken trinkets? And why did Scarpetta receive a phone call from someone reporting the death before the police were notified?