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
Riccardo Valla Book order






- 2012
- 2007
The Ruins
- 528 pages
- 19 hours of reading
A group of friends' leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.
- 2005
Straken
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
The political intrigue, secret treachery, and sinister deeds that have haunted Druid history for generations continue to thrive. Despite Grianne's devotion to the greater good, she still has bitter enemies who covet her seat of power.
- 2004
Between August and November 1888 at least seven women were murdered in Whitechapel. The gruesome nature of their deaths caused panic and fear in the east End for months, and gave rise the sobriquet which was to become shorthand for a serial killer - Jack the Ripper. -- inside cover.
- 2002
The Dispossessed
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
One of the very best must-read novels of all time'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER
- 2001
Supertoys Last All Summer Long : and other stories of future time
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
The title story, Supertoys Last All Summer Long, soon to be a major film directed by Steven Spielberg, tells of a young boy who, whatever he does, cannot please his mother. He is puzzled by this, not realising that he is an android, a cunning construct of artificial intelligence - as is his one ally, his teddy bear. It was a story that hugely affected Stanley Kubrick (director of 2001) and Steven Spielberg (who perhaps saw in his forthcoming movie AI (Artificial Intelligence) a complement to his ET!). This collection contains three SUPERTOYS stories, and they are the fabric of Spielberg's movie. The other stories in the collection, whether SF, utopian fantasy or dark fable show a master writer at the peak of his considerable powers.
- 1993
Ciclo di Landover - 1: Il magico regno di Landover
- 378 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Un vero regno magico, con tanto di fate e maghi, in vendita a prezzo di liquidazione. A Ben Holiday sembra un'occasione da non perdere ma, una volta effettuato l'acquisto, il povero Ben scoprirà fin troppo presto che sarebbe stato meglio pensarci due volte. Il regno è in rovina, i baroni sono in rivolta ed un terribile drago distrugge ogni cosa. Cosa potrà fare l'improvvisato eroe?
- 1992
Al tramonto dell'Età dei Cento Regni, un antico conflitto tra i clan di Hammerfell e di Storn insanguina ancora la Terra di Darkover...

