PATRICIA CORNWELL
website: http://www.patriciacornwell.com
Patricia Cornwell is a contemporary
American author. Her novels, fiction and
non-fiction, are centered heavily on crime and what it takes to solve the most
gruesome and intense murders. She is
most known for her series featuring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
Cornwell draws much of her
inspiration and medical know-how from her past careers as a crime-beat reporter
for The Charlotte Observer as well as a technical writing / computer analyst
for the Office of the Medical Examiner of Virginia. She also volunteered with the Richmond
Police Department.
Her Kay Scarpetta series is driven
forward by exciting action scenes and ruthless killers that Dr. Scarptta and
her colleagues frequently interact with, typically resulting in an ugly blowout
between doctor and killer. It is believed that these novels are the
influence for t.v. crime-dramas such as “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and
documentaries like “Cold Case Files”.
Cornwell has also written a
few non-fiction novels focusing on true crimes; most importantly the unsolved
mystery of Jack the Ripper. She has self-financed
her continuous research in proving that painter Walter Sickert was the infamous
London serial killer. Much of her evidence
is presented in her non-fiction work “Portrait of a Killer—Jack the Ripper: Case Closed”, which despite much controversy
from the British art world, was published in 2002. “Chasing the Ripper” followed in 2014.
Below is a full list of the
Kay Scarpetta series. The most recent
one, “Flesh and Blood” was released in November of 2014. Her next book, “Depraved Heart” is set to
release in October of 2015.
Postmortem
Body of Evidence
All that Remains
Cruel and Unusual
The Body Farm
From Potter’s Field
Cause of Death
Unnatural Exposure
Point of Origin
Black Notice
The Last Precinct
Blow Fly
Trace
Predator
Book of the Dead
Scarpetta
The Scarpetta Factor
Port Mortuary
Red Mist
The Bone Bed
Dust
Flesh and Blood
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