Books written by Patricia Daniels Cornwell

  • Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper--case Closed

    Examines the century-old series of murders that terrorized London in the 1880s, drawing on research, state-of-the-art forensic science, and insights into the criminal mind to reveal the true identity of the infamous Jack the Ripper.

  • Unnatural Exposure

    Returning home from Ireland, where she had been called in to examine the remains of a murder victim whose body was marked by the signature of a cunning serial killer, medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is shocked when another body turns up, ...

  • Southern Cross

    “ Remember the time you forgot the cotter pin and the tire rod fell off and both wheels went out spread - eagle ? ” Muskrat kept on . “ He can tell a story , ” Bubba said to the kid . Water trickled down the inside of the glass .

  • Black Notice

    Newly repackaged in a tall Premium Edition, this #1 "New York Times" bestseller finds Dr. Kay Scarpetta on an international mission that will pull her in two opposite directions. Includes a new Introduction by Cornwell. Reissue.

  • From Potter's Field

    Dr. Kay Scarpetta matches wits with a sadistic killer who infiltrates the FBI's top-secret artificial intelligence system and closes in on Scarpetta herself

  • The Body Farm

    My research in From Potter's Field was no less passionate . It took me deep into the subway tunnels of New York City , and into the New York City morgue . It took me to Potter's Field on Hart Island in New York's East River , where ...

  • Black Notice

    < Modstu > Dear Chief Kay , why did you decide you'd rather work with dead patients instead of living ones Morbid in Montana < Dear Chief Kay Dear Morbid in Montana , I don't have much of a bedside manner and don't have to worry how my&nbsp;...

  • From Potter's Field

    Patricia Cornwell's unique style combines forensic expertise with heart-stopping suspense.

  • Food to Die for: Secrets from Kay Scarpetta's Kitchen

    The best-selling crime writer shares culinary favorites of Kay Scarpetta, including recipes for chili, grilled group, chocolate pecan pie, lasagne, pizza, and much more. 85,000 first printing.

  • Scarpetta

    Leaving behind her Charleston forensic pathology practice to accept an assignment in New York City, Kay Scarpetta learns the story of an injured psychiatric patient who claims he was attacked by a stalker who was killing someone else at the ...

  • The Body Farm

    “And I'd be less than honest if I didn't tell you I've worried about your influence in that department, Kay, not that I'm judging because certainly your personal life is your own business and some things you can't help.

  • All that Remains

    “No, Kay. I don't think she had a clue, but she was outraged. She started investigating, and then finally went before Congress with a report. A special subcommittee was formed to investigate, and she was invited to serve as a consultant&nbsp;...

  • Predator

    Kay Scarpetta and her colleague Pete Marino investigate the case of a man killed by a shotgun blast to the chest, while a woman is trapped in an abandoned house in the South after being kidnapped by an unknown captor, and on Cape Cod, Kay's ...

  • Point of Origin

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  • Analysis Patricia Cornwell's Dust

    WARNING: This is not the actual book Dust by Patricia Cornwell. Do not buy this Analysis if you are looking for a full copy of this great book.

  • Book of the Dead

    The 'book of the dead' is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand.

  • The Front

    Dispatched by the district attorney to a declining Massachusetts neighborhood to address a case related to a new public relations campaign, state investigator Win Garano becomes involved with a loosely organized association of vigilante ...

  • Trace

    Now freelancing from South Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to her old haunts in Richmond, Virginia, only to encounter a host of baffling and unwelcome surprises as she investigates the death of a fourteen-year-old girl. Reprint.

  • Postmortem: a Kay Scarpetta, M.E. mystery

    The first novel featuring Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta from the #1 bestselling author of Black Notice and Point of OriginWinner of the Edgar Award and the Macavity Award for best first mysteryFour women with nothing in common, united only ...

  • Predator

    The latest instalment in the internationally acclaimed series of crime novels featuring the medical examiner, Dr Kay Scarpetta.