After her resignation as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner and the horrifying events which threatened her life in THE LAST PRECINCT, Kay Scarpetta has abandoned her elegant home in Richmond and… Continue ReadingPosted in:Detective And Mystery Stories, Fiction, Women Physicians
In her best-selling novel HORNET'S NEST, Patricia Cornwell displayed her intuitive understanding of policemen and women and introduced her readers to Judy Hammer, Virginia West and Andy Brazil. In this… Continue ReadingPosted in:Criminals, Detective And Mystery Stories, Mystery Fiction
An anaesthetist gives a woman a normal injection during childbirth and she dies. The doctor is sued and criminally charged, but he skips bail and returns to the hospital to… Continue ReadingPosted in:Conspiracies, English Fiction, United States
Librarian's Note: This is an alternate-cover edition for ISBN 0751525359Physically and psychologically bruised by her encounter with the killer Chandonne, Dr Kay Scarpetta has to leave her home in the… Continue ReadingPosted in:Medical Examiners (Law), Mystery Fiction, Serial Murderers
See alternate cover edition hereThe postmortem is in--Black Notice, the 10th in Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta series, is a gore-splattered, intensely exciting read. As winter grips Richmond, Virginia, an air of… Continue ReadingPosted in:Detective And Mystery Stories, France, Mystery Fiction
It is the week before Christmas and Dr Kay Scarpetta has offered her services pro bono to New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time… Continue Reading
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