Author
Patricia Cornwell
Born 1956
Patricia Cornwell is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sensational murders in Richmond, Virginia, where most of the stories are set. The plots are notable for their emphasis on forensic science, which has influenced later TV treatments of police work. Cornwell has also accused Walter Sickert of carrying out the Jack the Ripper killings. However, Sickert is not considered a serious suspect by most who study the case, and strong evidence shows he spent most of 1888 outside the UK, and was in France at the time of most of the Ripper murders. Her books have sold more than 120 million copies.
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Books by Patricia Cornwell
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Postmortem
Patricia Cornwell, 1990
Cause of Death
Patricia Cornwell, 1995
The Body Farm
Patricia Cornwell, 1994
Cruel & Unusual
Patricia Cornwell, 1993
Body of Evidence
Patricia Cornwell, 1990
The Last Precinct
Patricia Cornwell, 2000
Black Notice
Patricia Cornwell, 1999
Scarpetta
Patricia Cornwell, 2008
Predator
Patricia Cornwell, 2005
All That Remains
Patricia Cornwell, 1992
Postmortem / Body of Evidence / All That Remains
Patricia Cornwell, 1990
Trace
Patricia Cornwell, 2004
From Potter's Field
Patricia Cornwell, 1995
Portrait of a Killer
Patricia Cornwell, 1960
The Scarpetta Factor
Patricia Cornwell, 2008
Blow Fly
Patricia Cornwell, 2001
Unnatural Exposure
Patricia Cornwell, 1997
Book of the Dead
Patricia Cornwell, 2007
Red mist
Patricia Cornwell, 2011
Point of Origin
Patricia Cornwell, 1998
Depraved Heart
Patricia Cornwell, 2015
The Bone Bed
Patricia Cornwell, 2012
Livid
Patricia Cornwell, 2022
Flesh and Blood
Patricia Cornwell, 2014
Chaos
Patricia Cornwell, 2016
Port Mortuary
Patricia Cornwell, 2010
Dust
Patricia Cornwell, 2013
At Risk
Patricia Cornwell, 2006
Hornet's Nest
Patricia Cornwell, 1996
Scarpetta's Winter Table
Patricia Cornwell, 1998
Isle of Dogs
Patricia Cornwell, 2001
Autopsy
Patricia Cornwell, 2021
Southern Cross
Patricia Cornwell, 1998
The Front
Patricia Cornwell, 2008
Spin
Patricia Cornwell, 2020
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Patricia Cornwell, 2018
Second Scarpetta Omnibus
Patricia Cornwell, 2001
A Time for Remembering
Patricia Cornwell, 1983
Ruth, a Portrait
Patricia Cornwell, 1997
Quantum
Patricia Cornwell, 2019
First Scarpetta Collection
Patricia Cornwell, 1995
Identity Unknown
Patricia Cornwell, 2024
Sharp Force
Patricia Cornwell, 2025
The Patricia Cornwell Audio Collection
Patricia Cornwell, 1995
Scarpetta Collection
Patricia Cornwell, 1991
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Unti Kay Scarpetta Novel #25
Patricia Cornwell, 2019
Food to Die for
Patricia Cornwell & Marlene Brown, 2001
- VortexPatricia Cornwell
Vortex
Patricia Cornwell, 2021
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