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Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell
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Patricia Cornwell

"It's important for me to live in the world I want to write about," says Patricia Cornwell "If I want a character to do or know something, I try to do or know the same thing." The award-winning former police reporter spent time working both as an employee of the Virginia Chief Medical Examiner's Office and as a volunteer police officer before she wrote her first Kay Scarpetta novel, Postmortem. Her preparation paid off -- Postmortem was the first novel ever to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, Macavity, and French Prix du Roman d'Aventure awards in one year. She has followed that up with ten other bestselling novels featuring Kay Scarpetta. Ms. Cornwell then began a... Read full bio

Body of Evidence will be released on June 28, 2011 in Mass Market Paperback
Jun 28, 2011
Body of Evidence is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Jun 28, 2011
From Potters Field will be released on March 15, 2011 in eAudio
Mar 15, 2011
From Potters Field is now available in eAudio
Mar 15, 2011
Body Farm will be released on January 04, 2011 in eAudio
Jan 04, 2011
Body Farm is now available in eAudio
Jan 04, 2011
Body Farm is now available in eBook
Nov 30, 2010
Body Farm will be released on November 30, 2010 in eBook
Nov 30, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from All That Remains
Mar 30, 2010
Postmortem will be released on December 29, 2009 in Mass Market Paperback
Dec 29, 2009
Postmortem is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Dec 29, 2009
All That Remains will be released on December 01, 2009 in eBook
Dec 01, 2009
All That Remains is now available in eBook
Dec 01, 2009
Postmortem will be released on December 01, 2009 in eBook
Dec 01, 2009
Postmortem is now available in eBook
Dec 01, 2009
Cruel and Unusual will be released on December 01, 2009 in eBook
Dec 01, 2009

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Brisbane Times, February 10, 2012
...as in his novels, he laudably avoids the sadomasochistic detail that appears essential to US bestsellers such as Patricia Cornwell and James Patterson. As with The Colonial Queen, Mad Dog reaches out socio-historically, to forms of policing in the 1930s,...
KPTM FOX 42, February 7, 2012
...3. Saving Rachel by John Locke Australia 1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 2. Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell 3. The Unremarkable Heart by Karin Slaughter (on sale for £0.49 or ~$0.64 AUD) Germany 1. Ausgelöscht by Cody Mcfadyen 2. Herzstoß by Joy...
LivDigital, February 7, 2012
...Jack Higgins 6. The Burning Edge — Rick Mofina 7. Nightmare — Stephen Leather 8. Red Mist — Patricia Cornwell 9. Believing the Lie — Elizabeth George 10. Finders Keepers — Belinda Bauer Bestselling Romance eBooks 1. The Capture of the...
Piedmont Journal, February 2, 2012
...Koontz • Locked On by Tom Clancy • Devil’s Gate by Clive Cussler • Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell • Soft Target by Stephen Hunter • Vigilante by Stephen Cannell...
You, January 27, 2012
...In this 19th instalment of Cornwell’s popular crime series medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta investigates a string of gruesome killings. Find love now! Click here. But it’s only the tip of the iceberg: as she probes further she discovers a complex...
Washington Post, January 23, 2012
...Jayne Ann Krentz (#8) and a debut novel from Adam Johnson (#10) knocking off several bestseller fixtures, from Patricia Cornwell to Stieg Larsson. BOOK WORLD [click on the author’s name to be linked to Book World’s review] NONFICTION HARDCOVER 1. ...
Sacramento Bee, January 22, 2012
...on the lists' implied recommendations by other readers. "It's hard to ignore a Stephen King or a Patricia Cornwell (title) when you know everybody is reading them," Donahue said. "Readers in general have good taste, but there is pressure on them." Barnes...
Wicked Local Norwell, December 16, 2011
...and his family. Angry at first at being tricked, Kay soon realizes the two cases may be linked. Patricia Cornwell's "Red Mist" is the 19th entry in the Scarpetta series. - Having cut short her Hawaiian vacation and returned without Morelli, Ranger, or an...
Oak Ridger, December 16, 2011
...and his family. Angry at first at being tricked, Kay soon realizes the two cases may be linked. Patricia Cornwell's "Red Mist" (M) is the 19th entry in the Scarpetta series. Having cut short her Hawaiian vacation and returned without Morelli, Ranger, or...
Benton Evening News, December 16, 2011
...and his family. Angry at first at being tricked, Kay soon realizes the two cases may be linked. Patricia Cornwell's "Red Mist" is the 19th entry in the Scarpetta series. - Having cut short her Hawaiian vacation and returned without Morelli, Ranger, or an...
Constitution-Tribune, December 16, 2011
...and his family. Angry at first at being tricked, Kay soon realizes the two cases may be linked. Patricia Cornwell's "Red Mist" is the 19th entry in the Scarpetta series. - Having cut short her Hawaiian vacation and returned without Morelli, Ranger, or an...
Canton Daily Ledger, December 16, 2011
...and his family. Angry at first at being tricked, Kay soon realizes the two cases may be linked. Patricia Cornwell's "Red Mist" is the 19th entry in the Scarpetta series. - Having cut short her Hawaiian vacation and returned without Morelli, Ranger, or an...
Leavenworth Times, December 16, 2011
...and his family. Angry at first at being tricked, Kay soon realizes the two cases may be linked. Patricia Cornwell's "Red Mist" is the 19th entry in the Scarpetta series. - Having cut short her Hawaiian vacation and returned without Morelli, Ranger, or an...
Wicked Local Lancaster, December 16, 2011
...and his family. Angry at first at being tricked, Kay soon realizes the two cases may be linked. Patricia Cornwell's "Red Mist" is the 19th entry in the Scarpetta series. - Having cut short her Hawaiian vacation and returned without Morelli, Ranger, or an...