Patricia Cornwell – Three Complete Novels: Postmortem, Body of Evidence, All That Remains
Patricia Cornwell
Postmortem introduces Dr. Scarpetta, who knows the smell of bone dust from a skullcap saw and how to read a body for clues via lasers, DNA, and computers. As Scarpetta slowly closes in on a killer known as Mr. Nobody, she gets the creepy, well-informed feeling that the killer is closing in on her. Cornwell’s debut swept the mystery-writing awards and made her somebody.
In Body of Evidence, Scarpetta investigates the murder of a Southern writer who mysteriously opened the door for her killer. In All That Remains, she hunts a serial killer of young lovers–including the daughter of the president’s drug czar, which complicates the forensic chase with political intrigue.
Besides suspenseful cat-and-mouse games between sleuth and killer (and writer and reader), Cornwell creates a rich cast of screwed-up characters, chiefly Scarpetta’s scruffy confrere, Detective Pete Marino. Scarpetta’s character is a magnetic combination of pride, drive, brains, extreme skill at cooking, and a pervasive sadness expressed with tightly wound eloquence. With these books, Cornwell (a descendant of Harriet Beecher Stowe) increased her book deal from $6,000 to $24 million. She earned it.
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| ISBN | 765191121 |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publication Date | Jul-97 |
| Publisher | Smithmark Pub |
| Format | Hardcover |
| No. of Pages | 832 |
| Series | Kay Scarpetta Mystery |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| BookID | 9755 |
