Kay Scarpetta faces a string of the most baffling and terrifying crimes of her career, in Cornwell's extraordinary #1 "New York Times" bestseller. The "book of the dead" is the morgue log in which all cases are entered by hand. For Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning. Available in a tall Premium Edition.
Filled with all the chilling suspense, rich characters, and trademark forensics that have made Patricia Cornwell an international phenomenon, this #1 "New York Times" bestseller features a state investigator, his D.A. boss, cutting-edge forensics technology, and the 20-year-old murder of an elderly woman.
The body was naked, female and found propped against a fountain in a bleak area of New York's Central Park. Her apparent manner of death is chillingly familiar, suggesting that a sadistic serial killer is back at work.
This addition to the bestselling forensic thriller series finds Dr. Kay Scarpetta at the National Forensic Academy in Hollywood, Florida, consulting on the PREDATOR project, which uses Functional MRI scans in an effort to determine if and how the brains of serial killers differ from those less murderously inclined. But soon Dr. Scarpetta's ...
Now freelancing from south Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to Richmond, Virginia, the city that turned its back on her five years ago. Investigating the death of a young girl, she must follow the twisting leads and track the strange details to reveal the sad truth that may be more than even she can bear.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta explores cyberspace to find a killer bold enough to send her photos of the dead victim via the Internet. Not only does the murderer seem to strike in Europe and the United States, but the killer also contaminates the victims with deadly viruses, leaving a potentially lethal surprise for the forensic investigator.
Picking up where BLACK NOTICE leaves off, THE LAST PRECINCT finds Virginia medical examiner Kay Scarpetta under investigation for the murder of Chief of Police Diane Bray. As Scarpetta struggles to clear her name, two mutilated corpses are discovered by police. The murders bear all the hallmarks of the work of serial killer Jean Baptiste Chandonne ...
Patricia Cornwell's intrepid medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta is visiting Florida, hoping to get away from the pressures of her job. No such luck: down in the Sunshine State, she becomes involved in a terrifying international intrigue with ramifications that reach deep into Kay's own life.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta's search for a serial killer takes two steps backwards for every one step forward: Someone is destroying the few clues she has to track down the ruthless killer.
When a mysterious Belgian cargo ship arrives at Richmond's Deep Water Terminal carrying the horrifically decomposed body of a stowaway, forensic expert Dr. Kay Scarpetta is called upon to solve the mystery. Suspense builds when initial tests fail to determine the identity of the corpse or the cause of death. Using the victim's personal belongings ...
When an investigative reporter dies during a nighttime dive at the old Naval shipyard in Norfolk, Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta discovers that in addition to carrying guns and ammunition, he was the victim of foul play. The death opens a door to a network of evil whose scope Dr. Scarpetta never could have imagined.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta tackles a New York murder and unravels the series of events preceding the heinous crime, using the only available evidence--the body.
When Patricia Cornwell introduced the quicksilver, cut-to-the-bone style and extraordinary cast of characters in "At Risk," the result was electrifying. Now, America's #1 bestselling crime writer returns with an audacious new adventure featuring the At Risk team.
How do the fingerprints of a recently executed man end up at a new crime scene? Dr. Kay Scarpetta must unravel this seemingly impossible conundrum before more victims perish.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a haunting note from a psychopathic killer she helped put away in Cornwell's previous novel, "Body Farm". Scarpetta must interrupt a vacation when the killer escapes and threatens to seek revenge.
When a reclusive writer is found slain in her own home, the intrepid Kay Scarpetta pieces together the intricate forensic evidence--all the while edging unwittingly closer and closer to a killer lurking in the shadows. Reissue. Postponed from 9/04
Mystery author Cornwell reportedly spent a small fortune in pursuing her own investigation into the infamous Jack the Ripper case. Here, she presents what she believes to be new evidence in the crimes and offers her own solution to what is arguably the most famous unsolved crime in the world.
Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta is stalked by the same killer who murdered Beryl Madison, a young author and her mentor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Newly installed superintendent of the Virginia State Police, Judy Hammer, and her right hand and confidant, Andy Brazil, are at their wits' end trying to protect the public from the politicians - and vice versa. And amid the mayhem an island off the coast of Virginia declares UDI - claiming its independence lies in the history of America's first ...
Police chief Judy Hammer, deputy chief Virginia West, and West's love interest, roving reporter Andy Brazil, once again take the stage in this follow-up to HORNET'S NEST. After the death of Hammer's spineless husband, the trio is dispatched to Richmond, Virginia, on a mission to fix the southern metropolis's malfunctioning police department.
Deputy Chief Virginia West of the Charlotte, North Carolina police force isn't pleased about riding with Andy Brazil, a pushy reporter who has a lead on a killer who's been targeting visiting businessman. Dubbed the "Black Widow," the murderer spray-paints the genitals of her victims orange as a bizarre calling card. Will West--a protagonist cut ...
Every reader of the best-selling Kay Scarpetta series knows that she has a passion for great food and cooking for friends, and in celebration this book provides extracts from the novels together with full recipes and instructions for her favourite dishes. These include: from "All That Remains" - Miami-Style Chili with Beer; from "The Body Farm" - ...
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