Patricia Cornwell fue pionera del thriller forense, sumergiendo a los lectores en el intrincado mundo de la ciencia forense. Sus cautivadoras narrativas, a menudo protagonizadas por la médica forense Kay Scarpetta, se distinguen por una investigación meticulosa y tecnología forense de vanguardia. Cornwell combina magistralmente complejas investigaciones criminales con una profunda perspicacia psicológica, creando relatos absorbentes que exploran los aspectos más oscuros de la naturaleza humana. Su influencia trasciende la literatura, dando forma a la cultura popular en diversos medios.
Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta is called in to autopsy the body of convicted murderer Ronnie Waddell after his execution. Several days after the execution, a young boy is discovered murdered in the fashion of Waddell's earlier killings, with Waddell's prints near the body. Scarpetta, along with FBI Agent Benton Wesley and Detective Pete Marino, try to discover how a dead inmate could have possibly committed another murder after his death. As the story progresses she seeks the assistance of her 17-year-old niece Lucy after she discovers a strange folder on her computer.
Kay Scarpetta viaja a Dublin para investigar una serie de homicidios ocurridos en Irlanda diez anos atras. Estos presentan algunas similitudes con el caso del Carnicero, que ha infundido el panico en los habitantes de Virginia, y se intenta establecer si ambos sucesos presentan caracteristicas comunes. De vuelta en Estados Unidos todo se precipita: el torso de una mujer aparece en un vertedero con los miembros amputados e inquietantes muestras de herpes en determinadas zonas. El arma ha sido una sierra de carnicero, como en los casos irlandeses, pero la forma de amputar no responde al mismo patron. Todo parece indicar que se trata de asesinos distintos, hasta que la doctora Scarpetta recibe el primero de una serie de macabros mensajes por correo electronico firmados por "muerteadoc."
Parece que Temple Brooks Gault, el asesino en serie que se ha convertido en última pesadilla de la investigadora Scarpetta, ha vuelto a cometer un asesinato. La víctima es una mujer blanca cuya identidad es imposible de aclarar: las pistas encontradas en el escenario del crimen y en el cuerpo de la víctima son tan evidentes que parecen dejadas a propósitos como indicios de un desafío.
Los habitantes de Black Mountain apenas conocen el miedo. No hay nada que temer hasta que, un día, aparece el cadáver de una muchacha y se instala en los habitantes del pueblo un dolor más parecido a la incredulidad que al terror. La doctora Scarpetta, forense famosa por haber resuelto casos similares, acude a Black Mountain y estudia los primeros indicios, aparentemente claros. Sin embargo, poco a poco, el caso adquiere dimensiones que acabarán implicándola personalmente y llevándola al único lugar donde encontrar información precisa: la granja de cuerpos. "Ya no queda ninguna duda de que Patricia Cornwell es la escritora americana de literatura criminal más estimulante y escalofriante." The Times.
Tres mujeres han aparecido salvajemente asesinadas en sus propios dormitorios. El responsable de estos crímenes actúa siempre los sábados, de madrugada, y deja muy pocas pistas. De manera que cuando la doctora Kay Scarpetta, jefa del departamento de Medicina Legal de la ciudad, recibe una llamada a las 2:33h, supone que algo grave ha sucedido: hay una cuarta víctima. Kay Scarpetta recurrirá a los últimos avances en medicina legal y tendrá que vérserlas con aquéllos que quieren sabotear su trabajo... Y es que no a todo el mundo le gusta ver a una mujer en el puesto que ella ocupa.
A mesmerizing new thriller starring Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta. New Year's Eve and the final murder scene of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War takes Scarpetta 30 feet below the Elizabeth River's icy surface. Ted Eddings, an investiagtive reporter who was a favorite at the Medical Examiner's office, has died while scuba diving. Was Eddings probing the frigid depths of the river for sunken trinkets--or was he after a story?
Thwarting an attack by a suspected serial killer puts Virginia’s Chief Medial Examiner Kay Scarpetta in the harsh glare of the spotlight. As her personal and professional lives come under suspicion, she discovers that the so-called Werewolf murders may have extended to New York City and into the darkest corners of her past. A formidable prosecutor, a female assistant district attorney from New York, is brought into the case—and Scarpetta must struggle to make what she knows to be the truth prevail against mounting and unnerving evidence to the contrary. Tested in every way, she turns inward to ask, Where do you go when there is nowhere left?
Kay es víctima del juego sucio de un desconocido que pretende arruinar su carrera. Los restos del cuerpo de un hombre hallados en un contenedor de un barco procedente de Bélgica son sorprendentes: los rayos X revelan cicatrices profundas y en su ropa aparecen unos pelos extraños, semejantes a los de un animal. Una serie de coincidencias con las pruebas obtenidas en Francia, en el examen de otros cuerpos, la guiará hasta el cuartel general de la Interpol en Lyon.
La autora, maestra de las novelas de intriga, vuelve con esta magnífica obra al complicado mundo en que se desenvuelve la intrépida doctora en Medicina Legal Kay Scarpetta. Una escritora solitaria, Beryl Madison, se refugia en Miami intentando huir de las amenazadoras llamadas telefónicas que la acosan desde hace meses y de la angustiosa sensación de que alguien observa todos sus movimientos. Pero no hay escapatoria para Beryl, pues en cuanto regresa a su hogar es brutalmente asesinada.
Scarpetta regresa a la clnica forense de Richmond para participar en la investigacin de Gilly, que fue hallada muerta en su cama sin aparentes signos de violencia; sin embargo, el hecho de que la autopsia se est posponiendo ms de lo previsto y que el FBI est interesado en conocer los resultados de la misma despierta el recelo de la forense. Wesley recomienda cautela e insina que el caso podra ser una tapadera, confirmando as las sospechas de Scarpetta.
Deseosa de empezar una nueva vida libre de los lastres del pasado, Kay Scarpetta decide cerrar su etapa como forense en Richmond y elige Florida como destino donde alcanzar la tan anhelada tranquilidad. Sin embargo, hay alguien que no esta dispuesto a que la doctora rehaga su vida: Jean- Baptiste Chandonme, el psicopata que la aterrorizo tiempo atras, la reclama ahora desde el corredor de la muerte. La mosca de la muerte es una novela intensa cuyos protagonistas se ven irremediablemente abocados a enfrentase con fantasmas del pasado: Scarpetta con Chandonme, Pete Marino con un hombre al que todos daban por muerto y que se oculta en Boston.
Bestseller Cornwell's 15th novel to feature Dr. Kay Scarpetta (after 2005's Predator) delivers her trademark grisly crime scenes, but lacks the coherence and emotional resonance of earlier books. Soon after relocating to Charleston, S.C., to launch a private forensics lab, Scarpetta is asked to consult on the murder of U.S. tennis star Drew Martin, whose mutilated body was found in Rome. Contradictory evidence leaves Scarpetta, the Italian carabinieri and Scarpetta's lover, forensic psychologist Benton Wesley, stumped. But when she discovers unsettling connections between Martin's murder, the body of an unidentified South Carolina boy and her old nemesis, the maniacal psychiatrist Dr. Marilyn Self, Scarpetta encounters a killer as deadly as any she's ever faced. With her recent switch from first- to third-person narration, Cornwell loses what once made her series so compelling: a window into the mind of a strong, intelligent woman holding her own in a profession dominated by men. Here, the abrupt shifts in point of view slow the momentum, and the reader flounders in excessive forensic minutiae. Reed Business Information
Scarpetta, now freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida, digs into a case more bizarre than any she has ever faced, one that has produced not only unusual physical evidence, but also tantalizing clues about the inner workings of an extremely cunning and criminal mind. She and her team --- Pete Marino, Benton Wesley, and her niece, Lucy --- track the odd connections between several horrific crimes and the people who are the likely suspects. As one psychopath, safely behind bars and the subject of a classified scientific study at a Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital, teases Scarpetta with tips that could be fact --- or fantasy --- the number of killers on the loose seems to multiply. Are these events related or merely random? And what can the study of one man's brain tell them about the methods of a psychopath still lurking in the shadows?
La doctora Kay Scarpetta se ve envuelta en la investigación de un homicidio en Cambridge, donde un profesor de música es asesinado con una precisión aterradora. Al mismo tiempo, descubre monedas misteriosas en su casa. La búsqueda de un francotirador en serie revela una verdad sorprendente relacionada con su sobrina Lucy.
La doctora forense Kay Scarpetta regresa de Connecticut, donde fue testigo de uno de los asesinatos más masivos en la historia de Estados Unidos. En el campus del Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts, se encuentra un cuerpo envuelto en una extraña sábana. La víctima es la ingeniera Gail Shipton, vista por última vez en un bar la noche anterior. Se descubre que fue asesinada semanas antes de un importante juicio contra su exgerente financiero. La doctora Scarpetta sospecha que no es una coincidencia y teme que el asesinato esté relacionado con su brillante sobrina Lucy. A primera vista, la causa de la muerte de Gail no es clara; su cuerpo está cubierto de un fino polvo que brilla en colores vivos bajo luz ultravioleta. Alguien ha colocado el cuerpo en una posición simbólica. Scarpetta intuye que el caso está vinculado a otros asesinatos recientes en el condado de Washington. El asesino de Gail los lleva a un mundo de violencia y traición, disfrutando de un macabro espectáculo ante su público.
El periodista Andy Brazil accede a colaborar voluntariamente con el Departamento de Policía de Charlotte en la investigación de uno de los casos más controvertidos que puede recordar. La agente con quien trabajará es la subdirectora Virginia West, una mujer inteligente y resolutiva cuyo carácter choca frontalmente con el de su nuevo compañero. Las diferencias entre ambos solo desaparecerán al centrarse en su objetivo común: atrapar a un escurridizo asesino que ya ha cargado cuatro víctimas a su macabra cuenta particular. El modus operandi del criminal no deja lugar a dudas: se enfrentan a uno de los mayores dementes que han andado sueltos por la ciudad.
In Richmond, Virginia, young lovers are dying. So far, four couples in the area have disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses. When the daughter of the president's newest drug czar vanishes along with her boyfriend, Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows time is short. Following a macabre trail of evidence that ties the present homicides to a grisly crime in the past, Kay must draw upon her own personal resources to track down a murderer who is as skilled at eliminating clues as Kay is at finding them ...
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.
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CAUSE OF DEATH - New year's Eve & the final murder scene of Virginia's bloodiest year takes Scarpetta 30 feet below the icy surface of the Elizabeth River. A diver is dead, an investigative reporter, a favourite at the Medical Examiner's office, but was he on the scent of a story or merely diving for sunken trinkets? And why did Scarpetta receive a phone call from someone reporting the death before the police were notified? UNNATURAL EXPOSURE - Scarpetta is on the trail of a serial killer, but the discovery of a 10th corpse shows vital discrepancies & make her wonder if this is a copycat killing. Ghoulish, but not unusual. Then the eleventh body broadcasts a clear and horrifying message: the killer is armed with the most lethal weapon on Earth - smallpox. POINT OF ORIGIN - Scarpetta is called to a burned-out farmhouse where someone has been viciously murdered, but she has another more incendiary horror to face - Carrie Grethen, the killer who nearly destroyed her, has escaped from a secure hospital. Her whereabouts are unknown, but her ultimate destination is not, because she has already told Scarpetta of her deadly plans for revenge.
This collection brings together Patricia Cornwell's first three thrillers. In "Fatal Weekend," a serial killer is on the loose in Richmond, Virginia. Kay Scarpetta, along with her niece Lucy, attempts to track down the murderer, but someone is sabotaging the investigation to ruin Scarpetta's reputation. In "Corpus Delicti," Beryl Madison is being stalked, receiving threatening phone calls. Yet, for inexplicable reasons, she lets her killer into her home one night. In "All That Remains," the car of a young couple is found abandoned in a remote location, and months later, their bodies are discovered. The mystery deepens with the appearance of a strange playing card found with each corpse. This omnibus showcases Cornwell's signature blend of suspense and forensic detail, as Scarpetta navigates complex cases while confronting personal and professional challenges.
THE THRILLING NEW KAY SCARPETTA MYSTERY FROM THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER 'Iconic. Bold. Brilliant. Identity Unknown is hauntingly original, impossibly clever and devilishly daring. This series is one of the all-time greats' CHRIS WHITAKER, author of ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK Summoned to an unnerving, abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is Sal Giordano, an acclaimed astrophysicist - and a man Scarpetta once loved. The murder scene is bizarre, with a crop circle of petals around the body. Scarpetta's niece Lucy believes Giordano was dropped from an unidentified flying craft. Scarpetta knows autopsies can reveal the dead's secrets, but she is shocked to find her friend seems to have deliberately left her a clue. As the investigators are torn between suspicions of otherworldly forces, and of Giordano himself, Scarpetta detects an explanation closer to home that, in her mind, is far more evil . . . 'Nerve-jangling . . . A thriller that's out of this world' THE TIMES 'Heart-stopping' SUNDAY POST 'Cornwell on vintage form' FINANCIAL TIMES
Carrie Grethen, partner in crime to William Temple Gault, has escaped from prison. Before she does so she sends Kay Scarpetta a message which makes it all too clear that she blames her (and Lucy, and Benton Wesley, and Pete Marino) for Gault's death, and has specific - if cryptic - plans for revenge. Wary and quite shaken, Scarpetta still has a professional life to get on with, including investigating the death of an unknown female in a fire which has destroyed the isolated farmhouse home of her erstwhile political boss. The post mortem reveals that the woman was stabbed before the fire was started, but while Scarpetta and her colleagues are puzzling over means and motive they are called out to the scene of another fire and another murder. The pattern is the same, the answers as elusive and then Benton disappears while following up a tip-off. Suddenly, and with appalling clarity, Scarpetta sees that Carrie has set up a scenario in which she can manipulate them all and in which she appears to have the inescapable upper hand. A novel of high suspense from the acknowledged mistress of the forensic thriller.
The next installment from #1 New York Times bestselling author Liza Marklund. Police Officer Nina Hoffman finds her fellow officer David Lindholm naked on his bed with bullets through his head and stomach. Next to the body is his wife, Julia. The traumatized Julia rambles on about a woman entering the house, killing David and running off with her son, but all the evidence seems to point in Julia’s direction. Annika Bengtzon covers the case and is drawn in headfirst when she sees that Julia is about to be falsely charged. Working against the clock, Annika must clear Julia’s name and find her missing son.
Chief medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement. The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence is terrifying and baffling, including a larger-than-life footprint. After the most frightening body retrievals of her career, Scarpetta must discover who would commit murders this brutal - and why.
The novel features Kay Scarpetta, a renowned forensic pathologist, as she navigates a gripping crime investigation. With a blend of suspense and intricate details, the story showcases Scarpetta's expertise and determination to uncover the truth. As she confronts complex challenges and dangerous adversaries, the narrative promises a thrilling journey filled with twists and revelations, highlighting the author's signature style of storytelling that has captivated readers nationwide.
Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly killings.
A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. She has no idea why. But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins to suspect the paleontologist's disappearance is connected to a series of crimes much closer to home: a gruesome murder, inexplicable tortures, and trace evidence from the last living creatures of the dinosaur age. When she turns to those around her, Scarpetta finds that the danger and suspicion have penetrated even her closest circles. Her niece Lucy speaks in riddles. Her lead investigator Pete Marino and FBI husband Benton Wesley have secrets of their own. Feeling alone and betrayed, Scarpetta is tempted by someone from her past as she tracks a killer both cunning and cruel.
It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta - despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN - to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr, who has vanished and is presumed dead. Moments later during the same telecast she receives a startling call-in from a former psychiatrist patient of Benton Wesley's. When she returns after the show to the apartment where she and Benton live, she finds an ominous package - possibly a bomb - waiting for her at the front desk. Soon the apparent threat on Scarpetta's life finds her embroiled in a surreal plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionaires with whom Lucy seems to have shared a secret past
The legendary Patricia Cornwell is back with her No.1 bestselling,
groundbreaking series following Kay Scarpetta Kay Scarpetta is back, and this
time she's right in the path of danger... World-renowned forensic pathologist
Kay Scarpetta and her husband Benton, a psychologist with the US Secret
Service, have returned to Virginia. They are headquartered five miles from the
Pentagon in a post-pandemic world that's been torn by civil and political
unrest. Just weeks into the job, Scarpetta is called to a railway track where
a woman's body has been shockingly displayed, her throat cut down to the
spine. But the trail of clues will lead Scarpetta back to her own
neighbourhood. At the same time, a catastrophe occurs in a top-secret lab in
outer space, endangering the scientists aboard. Scarpetta is summoned to the
White House to find out what happened. As she starts the new investigation, an
apparent serial killer strikes again, this time dangerously close to home.
Krimi. When Scarpetta examines a young man's body, she discovers stunning indications that he may have been alive when he was zipped inside a pouch and locked inside the cooler of her new Cambridge Forensic Center in Massachusetts. Various 3-D radiology scans reveal more shocking details about internal injuries unlike any Scarpetta has ever seen. These suggest the possibility of a conspiracy to cause mass casualties, and she races against time to discover who and why before more people die
"#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the twenty-fourth thriller in her high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta"--
A Rebel sympathizer’s affection for a former Pinkerton detective turned Union agent cannot save him from the horrors of a Richmond prison. A Confederate officer sacrifices his rank to save an actress taken captive while posing as a Union soldier. Overshadowing them all is an actor’s outspoken hatred of Abraham Lincoln—and a date with destiny that will shock a nation and change the course of history...
Captain Calli Chase races against time to thwart a plot that leaves the fate of humanity hanging in the balance in this new thriller from international bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. In the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister--as well as the startling truth of who they really are. Now, a top secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control, and only Calli can redirect its course. Aided by cutting-edge technologies, the NASA investigator and scientist turned Space Force pilot sets out on a frantic search for the missing link between the sabotaged rocket launch and her predetermined destiny...a search that someone else seems very interested in stopping. From NASA to the Chase family farm, to the White House to distant orbits of space, Calli plays a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek with a cunning and ruthless adversary. One wrong move will unleash cataclysmic consequences reaching far beyond the boundaries of Earth. This heart-pounding Captain Chase thriller from Patricia Cornwell will leave readers desperate for more.
A 'one-off' from the best-selling creator of the Dr Kay Scarpetta series, based on the serialisation in the New York Times. Moving between the chill of Cambridge, Massachusetts and the sultry humidity of Knoxville, Tennessee, Winston Garano, a police investigator, is instructed to look into a twenty-year-old murder case. Although Win reckons there are many more pressing current cases which should have higher priority, he gets on with the task, unaware of the can of worms he will prise open. With her hallmark qualities of deft characterisation, perfect research and tense story-telling, Patricia Cornwell has created a novella which entertains, intrigues and satisfies.
Using the firsthand expertise she has gained through writing the bestselling Dr Kay Scarpetta novels, Patricia Cornwell has used the demanding methods of modern forensic investigation to re-examine the contemporaneous evidence in the Jack the Ripper murders. These include state-of-the-art DNA testing on various materials, computer enhancement of watermarks and expert examinations of hand-writing, paper, inks and other relics. She has also used her knowledge of profiling on the possible suspects, as well as consulting experts in the field. On presenting her conclusions to a very senior Metropolitan Police officer she learned that had the investigators of the time been presented with the facts she has unearthed her suspect would definitely have been arrested and would probably have faced trial. In the first edition of this book Patricia Cornwell named the killer as the artist, Walter Sickert. This paperback includes even more evidence for her compelling and credible conclusion. Visit the author's website on www.patricia-cornwell.com
Patricia Cornwell's novels of big-city police have taken this classic genre to a new level. Now, with this #1 New York Times bestselling novel, she outdoes herself, with a wry tale of life and turmoil behind the blue wall. Chaos breaks loose when the governor of Virginia orders that speed traps be painted on all streets and highways, and warns that speeders will be caught by monitoring aircraft flying overhead. But the eccentric island of Tangier, fourteen miles off the coast of Virginia in Chesapeake Bay, responds by declaring war on its own state. Judy Hammer, newly installed as the superintendent of the Virginia State Police, and Andy Brazil, a state trooper and Hammer's right hand and confidant, find themselves at their wits' end as they try to protect the public from the politicians-and vice versa-in this pitch-perfect, darkly comic romp.
In their first appearance, Chief Judy Hammer, Deputy Virginia West, and rookie cop Andy Brazil faced a serial killer in Charlotte, North Carolina. Now, they are sent to Richmond, Virginia, to tackle the escalating gang issue and modernize the local police department, armed with a sophisticated computer program for tracking crime. However, they are unprepared for the resentment and the bizarre characters they encounter upon arrival. Among them are Lelia Ehrhart, the wealthy and nosy chair of the Blue Ribbon Crime Commission, whose heavy accent makes her English amusing; Butner "Bubba" Flunk IV, a tobacco worker and UFO enthusiast; Smoke, the sociopathic leader of the Pikes gang; and Weed Gardener, a 14-year-old graffiti artist. Unlike Cornwell's usual thrillers, this narrative focuses on these eccentric personalities and their surreal environment, offering a satire of city politics, Southern culture, and the complex relationship between police and the public. While some elements, like a computer virus affecting police websites, may seem implausible, and the narrative occasionally loses focus with its three main characters, the novel ultimately shines through Cornwell's unique portrayal of police work and the quirky life of Richmond's residents.
A USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Amazon Charts bestseller. International bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers pulse-pounding thrills in the first book in a series featuring a brilliant and unusual new heroine, cutting-edge cybertechnology, and stakes that are astronomically high. On the eve of a top secret space mission, Captain Calli Chase detects a tripped alarm in the tunnels deep below a NASA research center. A NASA pilot, quantum physicist, and cybercrime investigator, Calli knows that a looming blizzard and government shutdown could provide the perfect cover for sabotage, with deadly consequences. As it turns out, the danger is worse than she thought. A spatter of dried blood, a missing security badge, a suspicious suicide--a series of disturbing clues point to Calli's twin sister, Carme, who's been MIA for days. Desperate to halt the countdown to disaster and to clear her sister's name, Captain Chase digs deep into her vast cyber security knowledge and her painful past, probing for answers to her twin's erratic conduct. As time is running out, she realizes that failure means catastrophe--not just for the space program but for the safety of the whole nation. Brilliantly crafted, gripping, and smart, Patricia Cornwell's cliffhanger ending will keep readers wondering what's next for Captain Calli Chase.
Proteste vor dem Gerichtsgebäude, Live-Berichterstattung, Blitzlichtgewitter – der aufsehenerregende Mordprozess, in dem Dr. Kay Scarpetta als Hauptzeugin aussagen muss, ist nicht nur ein Medienspektakel, er gleicht einer Hexenjagd. Für die Öffentlichkeit und den Staatsanwalt steht das Urteil längst fest: Gilbert Hooke hat nach einem Streit seine Verlobte brutal ermordet, ihre Leiche geschändet und sie in den Atlantik geworfen. Doch die erfahrene Forensikerin Scarpetta kann beweisen, dass ihr inzwischen verstorbener Kollege, der die Autopsie durchgeführt hat, wichtige Beweise übersehen hat: das Fehlen von Totenflecken, welche die Leiche aufweisen müsste, wenn sie länger an der Luft gelegen hätte, und die Kieselalgen in der Lunge der jungen Frau, die auf den Tod durch Ertrinken hinweisen. Der Staatsanwalt zieht alle Register, um Scarpettas Glaubwürdigkeit zu demontieren. Und es kommt noch schlimmer: Die Schwester der Richterin, eine Mitarbeiterin der CIA, wird tot aufgefunden. Obwohl man es ihr von höchster Stelle untersagt, stellt Scarpetta Nachforschungen an, denn sie kennt die Familie persönlich …
Vier ermordete Liebespaare und keinerlei Indizien - das ist eine unerfreuliche Bilanz für die Gerichtsmedizinerin Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Doch als man ein fünftes Paar im Wald findet, kommt es noch schlimmer, denn das Mädchen ist die Tochter der einflussreichen Staatsanwältin Pat Harvey. Die Presse spielt verrückt, und die Rolle des FBI ist in diesem Fall mehr als fragwürdig. Da macht Scarpetta eine Entdeckung, die sie an Recht und Gesetz zweifeln lässt.
'Der absolute Megastar der Thriller-Szene' (Brigitte) verrät ihren Fans alles über Kay Scarpettas Kochleidenschaft: Inspiriert von den Essens-Szenen in Patricia Cornwells Romanen ist dies das ideale Kochbuch für alle Kay-Scarpetta-Leser und alle, die gutes Essen lieben - zum Sterben gut! Von 'Kays gegrillter Pizza' bis zu 'Jack Daniel's Schokoladen-Pekan-Torte' - über 50 Rezepte zum Nachkochen mit vierzig Abbildungen.
In diesem Buch zeigt sich die Krimiheldin Kay Scarpetta als Gastgeberin, die zusammen mit ihrem Kollegen Pete Marino und ihrer Nichte Lucy Farinelli an Weihnachten kocht. Jeder bringt sein Spezialgericht mit, was einen neuen Blick auf die Charaktere aus Patricia Cornwells Bestsellern ermöglicht.
Trübe Wasser sind kalt: Ausgerechnet an Silvester wird Gerichtsmedizinerin Dr. Kay Scarpetta zu einem Fall gerufen: Ein junger Reporter wurde tot im Wasser eines Schiffsfriedhofs gefunden - es ist der Beginn einer Reihe rätselhafter Ereignisse
Der Keim des Verderbens: Eine Mordserie versetzt ganz Amerika in Angst und Schrecken, denn die Opfer tragen einen tödlichen Virus in sich. Und es scheint fast schon zu spät, um eine Seuche zu verhindern
Tutto ha inizio al Deep Water Terminal di Richmond, quando, in un container di un cargo proveniente da Anversa, viene rinvenuto il cadavere di un uomo in avanzato stato di decomposizione. L'autopsia, eseguita da Kay Scarpetta, non riesce a stabilire con certezza la causa di morte dell'uomo e la polizia non è in grado di identificarlo dai pochi effetti personali ritrovati. Unica traccia ritrovata, quella che potrebbe essere la firma dell'assassino su uno scatolone all'interno del container: Loup-Garou. Sarà questa misteriosa firma a portare Kay Scarpetta oltreoceano, in Francia, dove l'Interpol sta da qualche tempo indagando su una serie di raccapriccianti omicidi riconducibili appunto a Loup-Garou.
La première. La meilleure. L'experte. Dans ce récit, le Dr Kay Scarpetta, experte en médecine légale, enquête sur un décès suspect à Cambridge, Massachusetts, lorsqu'un message mystérieux apparaît sur son téléphone. Une vidéo ininterrompue montre sa nièce Lucy, vingt ans plus tôt à l'académie du FBI. Ce que Scarpetta découvre la pousse à garder le secret, même vis-à-vis de son mari Benton Wesley, agent du FBI, et du détective Pete Marino. Elle craint que cette vidéo n'annonce le retour de son ancienne ennemie, supposée disparue. Parallèlement, le FBI cible Lucy dans une affaire qui pourrait la conduire en prison à vie. Scarpetta se demande si ces événements sont liés. Pour protéger ses proches, elle doit affronter une meurtrière machiavélique aux actes inhumains. Dans cet épisode palpitant, Kay Scarpetta et Lucy Farinelli se retrouvent au centre d'une enquête mêlant sciences légales, surveillance électronique et vengeance calculée. L'auteur, Patricia Cornwell, est mondialement reconnue pour la série Kay Scarpetta, traduite en trente-six langues. Son premier roman, Postmortem, a défini un genre qui a inspiré de nombreuses séries télévisées. En dehors de l'écriture, Cornwell, pilote d'hélicoptère et plongeuse qualifiée, agit comme consultante pour CNN et approfondit ses connaissances en sciences légales par ses propres recherches.
Op oudejaarsdag wordt een duiker dood aangetroffen op een werf voor afgedankte marineschepen. Een ongeluk? Patholoog-anatoom Kay Scarpetta twijfelt. Als vervolgens haar assistent wordt vermoord, ontdekt Kay dat beide zaken met elkaar te maken hebben. Samen met rechercheur Pete Marino en haar nichtje Lucy raakt ze in een maalstroom van intriges en gevaar...
È impossibile, nella carriera di un detective, dimenticare il disordinato, incessante movimento delle mosche necrofaghe su un cadavere umano. Uno spettacolo orribile che prima o poi un poliziotto è costretto a contemplare. Adesso le mosche Calliphora potrebbero essere un lontano ricordo per Kay Scarpetta che, lasciati Richmond e l'Istituto di medicina legale della Virginia, si è trasferita a Delray Beach, in Florida. Un lavoro da consulente free lance, decisamente più tranquillo. Ma gli spettri, si sa, ritornano. La strana morte in Louisiana di una ricca signora, apparentemente per overdose, ben presto mostra inquietanti collegamenti con la scomparsa di numerose donne nella zona di Baton Rouge.
Nella quiete del crepuscolo di inizio settembre, Elisa Vandersteel, una ventitreenne, muore in un incidente in bicicletta lungo il fiume Charles. Sebbene sembri colpita da un fulmine, la bella giornata suggerisce un'altra causa. Kay Scarpetta, famosa anatomopatologa, riceve da giorni un messaggio vocale inquietante con una filastrocca inviata da un anonimo che si firma Tailend Charlie. Arrivata sulla scena della morte di Elisa, Kay riceve la settima filastrocca. Ha già informato il collega Pete Marino, il marito Benton Wesley e la nipote Lucy, ma quest'ultima, nonostante le sue abilità informatiche, non riesce a rintracciare Tailend Charlie o a capire come abbia accesso a informazioni private. È chiaro che l'anonimo è coinvolto nella morte della ragazza. Inoltre, altre due morti sospette per folgorazione convincono Kay dell'esistenza di un'arma letale che uccide a distanza, potenzialmente in grado di scatenare panico tra la popolazione se la sua esistenza venisse rivelata. Con Caos, Patricia Cornwell presenta il ventiquattresimo thriller con protagonista l'iconica Kay Scarpetta.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta reist nach Dublin, um Vorlesungen über Forensik zu halten – und um der Frage aus dem Weg zu gehen, ob sie den Mann, den sie liebt, auch heiraten will. In Irland trifft sie Margaret Foley wieder, eine alte Bekannte und Kollegin. Als Scarpetta ihr von einer Mordserie erzählt, die ihr Team in Atem hält, stoßen die beiden auf einen möglichen Zusammenhang mit Verbrechen in Irland einige Jahre zuvor: In beiden Fällen wurden zerstückelte Leichen auf Müllhalden gefunden. Als an Halloween auf einer Deponie in Virginia der Torso eines zehnten Opfers auftaucht, scheint es zunächst, als hätte derselbe Täter wieder zugeschlagen. Aber bei der Obduktion zeigen sich eindeutige Unterschiede zu den bisherigen Fällen. Haben sie es mit einem Trittbrettfahrer zu tun? Was Scarpetta außerdem Kopfzerbrechen bereitet: Die Haut des Opfers ist mit roten Pusteln übersät. Der Gerichtsmedizinerin kommt ein fürchterlicher Verdacht: Setzt der Mörder einen Virus als biologische Waffe ein? Scarpetta und ihr Team müssen dem Täter schnell das Handwerk legen – sonst droht eine vernichtende Seuche …
1888 ermordete Jack the Ripper im Londoner Whitechapel mindestens fünf Prostituierte brutal. Der Fall sorgt bis heute für Spekulationen über die Identität des Mörders. Patricia Cornwell untersucht, ob der Maler Walter Sickert der Täter sein könnte, und nutzt moderne Kriminologie, um Indizien und Motive zu analysieren.
Im Kühlraum der Gerichtsmedizin von Richmond liegt die übel zugerichtete Leiche einer jungen Schriftstellerin. Die Autopsie ist abgeschlossen, Dr. Kay Scarpetta kennt jeden Zentimeter von Beryl Madisons Körper: ihre blauen Augen und von der Sonne golden gefärbten Haare, die siebenundzwanzig Schnittverletzungen, die durchtrennte Kehle. Doch wie es zu dem grausamen Mord kommen konnte, ist der Gerichtsmedizinerin ein Rätsel: Am Tatort gefundene Briefe beweisen, dass Beryl Madison zuletzt verängstigt nach Key West geflohen ist, vor einem Unbekannten, der sie ausspionierte und bedrohte. Erst in der Tatnacht ist sie notgedrungen in ihr Haus in Richmond zurückgekehrt - um dort ihrem Mörder offenbar widerstandslos die Tür zu öffnen. Kannte sie den Täter? Und warum ist ihr letztes Manuskript verschwunden? Je mehr sich Kay Scarpetta mit dem Fall befasst, desto bizarrer erscheint ihr das Verbrechen.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, leitende Gerichtsmedizinerin von Virginia, will noch eine Obduktion abschließen, bevor sie nach Miami fliegt, um mit ihrer Familie Weihnachten zu feiern. Aber ihre Pläne werden durchkreuzt: Im verschneiten Central Park wird eine nackte Frauenleiche mit kahl geschorenem Kopf gefunden. Der Mord trägt eindeutig die Handschrift von Scarpettas langjährigem Erzfeind Temple Gault, einem hochintelligenten, sadistischen Serienmörder. Trotz ihres schlechten Gewissens – die Mutter liegt im Krankenhaus, die Schwester macht ihr Vorwürfe – muss Scarpetta ihren Weihnachtsbesuch hinten anstellen und für die Ermittlungen nach New York reisen. Gault versucht nicht mal, seine Spuren zu verwischen. Im Gegenteil: Er lässt Scarpetta Botschaften zukommen, ermordet Polizisten in ihrem Umfeld und zeigt ihr so, wie nahe er ihr kommen kann. Denn in Wahrheit hat er es auf die Gerichtsmedizinerin selbst abgesehen.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta soll den Gerichtsmediziner von Tidewater an der Küste Virginias vertreten. Er hat ihr sogar sein einsames Cottage am Meer überlassen, wo sie den Jahreswechsel mit ihrer Nichte Lucy verbringen will. Doch dann wird Scarpetta an Silvester zum nahe gelegenen Schiffsfriedhof der Navy gerufen: Im Elizabeth River treibt eine Leiche. Wieder ein neugieriger Taucher auf der Suche nach Artefakten aus dem Bürgerkrieg, vermutet Scarpetta. Doch bei dem Mann handelt es sich um den Reporter Ted Eddings, einen alten Bekannten der Forensikerin. Bei der Obduktion wird schnell klar, dass er nicht ertrunken ist. Außerdem scheint Eddings sich auf eine Gefahr vorbereitet zu haben: In seiner Wohnung hortete er Waffen und Survival-Magazine. Doch der unheimlichste Fund unter seinen Habseligkeiten ist das Book of Hand, die Bibel der Neuen Zionisten, einer faschistischen Sekte, die mit Aussteigern nicht gerade zimperlich umgeht … Und irgendjemand will Scarpettas Ermittlungen um jeden Preis behindern. Wer steckt hinter den geheimnisvollen Anrufen, den aufgeschlitzten Reifen und den nächtlichen Spuren im Schnee rings um das Cottage?
De activiteiten van een jeugdbende dreigen uit de hand te lopen, maar de politie van Richmond, Virginia, krijgt een onverwachte medestander bij het handhaven van de orde.
It is the week before Christmas and Dr Kay Scarpetta has offered her services pro bono to New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of dramatic and unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr, who has vanished and is presumed dead. Moments later during the same broadcast, she receives a startling call-in from a former psychiatric patient of Benton Wesley’s. When she returns after the show to the apartment where she and Benton live, she finds a suspicious package - possibly a bomb - waiting for her at the front desk. Soon the apparent threat on Scarpetta’s life finds her embroiled in a deadly plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionairess with whom Scarpetta's niece Lucy seems to have shared a secret past….
