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From America’s #1 bestselling crime writers comes the extraordinary new Kay Scarpetta novel . Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta accepts an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured man on Bellevue Hospital’s psychiatric prison ward. The handcuffed and chained patient, Oscar Bane, has specifically asked for... (more)

Kay Scarpetta: Book 15

Book of the Dead

by Patricia Cornwell

From America's # 1 bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary new Dr. Kay Scarpetta novel. The "book of the dead" is the morgue log, a ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to take on a new meaning. Fresh from her bruising battle with a psychopath in Florida, Scarpetta decides it's time for a change of pace, not only personally and professionally but... (more)

Kay Scarpetta: Book 1

Postmortem

by Patricia Cornwell

Under cover of night in Richmond, Virginia, a human monster strikes, leaving a gruesome trail of stranglings that has paralyzed the city. Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta suspects the worst: a deliberate campaign by a brilliant serial killer whose signature offers precious few clues. With an unerring eye, she calls on the latest advances in forensic research to unmask the madman. But this investigation will test Kay... (more)

Kay Scarpetta: Book 13

Trace

by Patricia Cornwell

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 in order to make the dead speak-and to reveal the sad truth that may be more than even she can bear.

Kay Scarpetta: Book 6

From Potter's Field

by Patricia Cornwell

In From Potter's Field , #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell enters the chilling world of Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta--and a bold, brilliant killer from her past. Upon examining a dead woman found in snowbound Central Park, Scarpetta immediately recognizes the grisly work of Temple Brooks Gault. She soon realizes that Gault's murders are but a violent chain... (more)

Kay Scarpetta: Book 9

Point of Origin

by Patricia Cornwell

A farmhouse destroyed by fire. A body amongst the ruins. Dr Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner and consulting pathologist for the federal law enforcement agency ATF, is called out to a farmhouse in Virginia which has been destroyed by fire. In the ruins of the house she finds a body which tells a story of a violent and grisly murder. The fire has come at the same time as another, even more incendiary horror:... (more)

Kay Scarpetta: Book 5

The Body Farm

by Patricia Cornwell

New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell brings back Kay Scarpetta, consulting forensic pathologist for the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, in her grittiest and most compelling novel. In rural North Carolina, the brutal murder of eleven-year-old Emily Steiner has shaken a small town. But more disturbing are the details of the crimes, chillingly reminiscent of the handiwork of a serial killer who... (more)

Winston Garano: Book 1

At Risk

by Patricia Cornwell

For decades, Patricia Cornwell has demonstrated her extraordinary ability not only to entertain and enthrall but to surprise as well. Beginning in January 2006, The New York Times Magazine will serialize a brand-new Cornwell thriller, a book filled with all the chilling suspense, rich characters, and trademark forensics that have made her an international phenomenon. But what she does with those ingredients is a... (more)

Kay Scarpetta: Book 14

Predator

by Patricia Cornwell

Investigating the disappearance of two sisters in Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta follows clues that twist and turn, leading her into the psychopathic depths of a jailed serial killer's mind.

Kay Scarpetta: Book 3

All That Remains

by Patricia Cornwell, Lorelei King

#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell's heart-stopping thriller featuring gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta In Richmond, Virginia, young lovers are dying. So far, four couples in the area have disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses. When the daughter of the president's newest drug czar vanishes along with her boyfriend, Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows time is short. Following... (more)

Kay Scarpetta: Book 2

Body of Evidence

by Patricia Cornwell

#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns to the chilling world of gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta in this suspense fiction classic. Reclusive author Beryl Madison finds no safe haven from months of menacing phone calls -- or the tormented feeling that her every move is being watched. When the writer is found slain in her own home, Kay Scarpetta pieces together the intricate forensic... (more)

Kay Scarpetta: Book 11

The Last Precinct

by Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell's legendary crime fiction creation, Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, has logged a host of fans among mystery readers and, within the bounds of her fictional world, an equally impressive tally of individuals intent on causing her grievous physical or psychological harm. The 11th Scarpetta novel, The Last Precinct , doesn't add any new names to the second roster.... (more)

Kay Scarpetta: Book 12

Blow Fly

by Patricia Cornwell

Readers are in for the shock of Kay Scarpetta's life.

Kay Scarpetta: Book 7

Cause of Death

by Patricia Cornwell

This New Year's Eve marks the end of a life-and the beginning of a nightmare for Kay Scarpetta.

Kay Scarpetta: Book 4

Cruel and Unusual

by Patricia Cornwell, Lorelei King

"Killing me won't kill the beast" are the last words of rapist-murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell, written four days before his execution. But they can't explain how Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds Waddell's fingerprints on another crime scene -- after she'd performed his autopsy. If this is some sort of game, Scarpetta seems to be the target. And if the next victim is someone she knows, the punishment will be cruel and... (more)

Temperance Brennan Novels: Book 9

Break No Bones

by Kathy Reichs

Following the tremendous success of Cross Bones, Kathy Reichs explores another high-profile topic in Break No Bones -- a case that lands forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan in the middle of a gruesome international scheme. Summoned to South Carolina to fill in for a negligent colleague, Tempe is stuck teaching a lackluster archaeology field school in the ruins of a Native American burial ground on the... (more)

Kay Scarpetta: Book 10

Black Notice

by Patricia Cornwell

Another harrowing case for Chief Medical Examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta. Following the post moretm of a stowaway which reveals neither cause of death nor identity, Dr Kay Scarpetta travels to Paris in search of information. In Paris she is given a secret mission, a mission which could ruin her career.

The Dirty Secrets Club

by Meg Gardiner

Introducing the writer Stephen King trumpets as “the next suspense superstar” Recently Stephen King devoted an entire Entertainment Weekly column to Meg Gardiner, proclaiming her “as good as Michael Connelly and far better than Janet Evanovich.” How is it possible, he wondered, that this Californian was published only in Britain? Starting now, suspense fans on this side of the pond can get their fix right... (more)

The Memory Collector

by Meg Gardiner

The second pulse-pounding thriller in Meg GardinerÂ’s Jo Beckett series, whose Â“thrilling,Â”1 Â“crackerjack,Â”2 Â“adrenaline-filledÂ”3 debut was an Independent Mystery Booksellers Association bestseller. Forensic psychiatrist Jo BeckettÂ’s specialty is the psychological autopsyÂ— an investigation into a personÂ’s life to determine whether a death was natural, accidental, suicide, or homicide. She calls herself... (more)

Evidence of Murder

by Lisa Black

Forensic investigator Theresa MacLean takes on the worst kind of murder case—one without clues—in this second novel in a hot new series from Lisa Black Eight months ago, forensic investigator Theresa MacLean lost her fiancÉ in a bank robbery gone wrong, and she's had trouble concentrating on her work ever since. But now a particularly difficult case may just be what she needs to regain her focus by demanding... (more)

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