The No. 1 bestselling series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
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- 2016
- 2015
Patricia Cornwell delivers the next enthralling thriller in her high-stakes series starring Kay Scarpetta - a complex tale involving a serial sniper who strikes chillingly close to the forensic sleuth herself.
- 2013
Inferno
- 624 pages
- 22 hours of reading
*NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKS AND FELICITY JONES* Robert Langdon wakes up in a Florence hospital with no clue how he got there. Another attack on his life makes it very clear - someone wants him dead. And fast. To survive, Langdon must work out who it is. And then he must answer the next question - why? 'Jam-packed with tricks . . . A book length scavenger hunt Mr Brown creates so energetically' New York Times
- 2011
Acompelling novel of psychological suspense set in a Cambridge college
- 2011
The nineteenth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. 'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The Times Kay Scarpetta has arranged to meet an inmate at the high-security Georgia Prison for Women. The prisoner is a convicted sex offender and the mother of a vicious and diabolically brilliant killer. Against advice, Scarpetta is determined to hear this woman out - she believes she may hold some answers to the murder of her former deputy. But soon she finds connections to a string of grisly killings. As she learns more, Scarpetta is compelled to conclude that this is only the beginning of a terrifying terrain of conspiracy on an international scale. And she is the only one who can stop it . . . Praise for the groundbreaking series: 'One of the best crime writers writing today' Guardian 'Devilishly clever' Sunday Times 'The top gun in this field' Daily Telegraph 'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' Mirror 'The Agatha Christie of the DNA age' Express
- 2010
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 is quietly living in Florida, beginning to get some balance back in her life and slowly establishing herself as a private forensic consultant. But her past won't let her rest, and her grief for Benton Wesley continues to grow, not diminish, as does the rage within Lucy, her niece. Then the architect of her changed fortunes contacts her from his cell on death row: deformed, blinded by Scarpetta's own actions, incarcerated in Texas strongest prison, Jean-Baptiste Chardonne still has the ability to terrify. But, unkown to Scarpetta, there are other forces behind the wolfman's apparent actions, invisibly shepherding her and those closest to her towards eliminating those who threaten them all. And it is all orchestrated by the one man in her life who knows every nuance of her soul. Visit the author's website at www.patricia-cornwell.com
- 2010
Acompelling novel of psychological suspense from the acclaimed author of TWISTED WING
- 2010
Gone
- 415 pages
- 15 hours of reading
November in the West Country, and evening is closing in as DI Jack Caffery arrives to interview the victim of a stolen car. But this is no ordinary theft. The man who's stolen the car was wearing a Santa Claus mask. And, on the back seat, packing away the shopping, was an eleven year-old girl. And she's still missing.
- 2009
Huid - druk 2
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Een meedogenloze killer vilt mens en dier. Als op een warme ochtend in mei het lichaam van een jonge vrouw wordt gevonden bij een treinspoor net buiten Bristol, wijst alles op zelfmoord. Rechercheur Jack Caffery is daar toch niet zo zeker van. Hij is een rover op het spoor, iemand die zich voortdurend verbergt en ongezien huizen insluipt. Voor het eerst in lange tijd is hij bang. Hij krijgt hulp van politieduiker Flea Marley. Nadat ze de trauma's uit haar verleden enigszins heeft verwerkt, begint ze zich al snel af te vragen of hun relatie het professionele niet overstijgt. Dan ontdekt ze iets in haar persoonlijke leven wat alles verandert. En deze keer kan niemand haar helpen, zelfs Caffery niet...
- 2008
Ritual
- 560 pages
- 20 hours of reading
The author of "The Devil of Nanking" delivers a taut, chilling tale of clandestine occult practices, New Age medicine, and the drug underground, set in a hypermodern urban landscape challenged by colliding immigrant cultures.




