Patricia Cornwell
1) Autopsy
New York Times Bestseller
In this relaunch of the electrifying, landmark #1 bestselling thriller series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta hunts those responsible for two wildly divergent and chilling murders.
Forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta has come almost full circle, returning to Virginia, the state where she launched her storied career, as the chief medical examiner. Finding herself
...In Scarpetta, Patricia Cornwell has a character as strong as any in popular fiction" —Wall Street Journal
New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the newest engrossing thriller in her high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
Depraved Heart: "Void of social duty and fatally bent on mischief."
—Mayes v. People, 806 III. 306 (1883)
Dr.
...3) Livid
In this thrilling installment of the #1 bestselling series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself a reluctant star witness in a sensational televised murder trial causing chaos in Old Town Alexandria with the threat of violent protests.
Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is the reluctant star witness in a sensational murder trial when she receives shocking news. The judge’s sister has been found dead. At first
4) Dust
A body, oddly draped in an unusual cloth, has just been discovered inside the sheltered gates of MIT, and it’s suspected the identity is that of missing computer engineering grad student Gail Shipton, last seen the night...
5) The Bone Bed
A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. She has no idea why.
But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins...
6) Chaos
8) Black Notice
When Postmortem, the first riveting novel in the Kay Scarpetta series, was published, it was an instant success. Since then, Patricia Cornwell's works have topped international best-seller lists and have won Gold Dagger and Edgar Awards. In Black Notice she weaves forensic details and taut suspense into a tale of macabre crime. When a badly-decomposed body is discovered in a shipping container at the Richmond docks, Chief Medical
...Patricia D. Cornwell's experience in a coroner's office has amplified her keen eye for detail and talent for crafting books filled with riveting suspense. Renowned for her best-selling, hard-edged Kay Scarpetta mystery series, Cornwell now breaks new ground in Southern Cross. Her always gritty realism is tempered with broad strands of humor. Summer in Richmond, Virginia is heating up. Bubba, proudly wearing a confederate flag on his truck
...10) Scarpetta
11) The Body Farm
13) Cause of Death
14) Unnatural Death
Two mauled bodies in the woods. Top secret autopsies. The most chilling cases of Scarpetta’s career.
In this thrilling new installment of Patricia Cornwell’s #1 bestselling Scarpetta series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement.
The victims have been