Patricia Cornwell was born June 9th 1956 in Miami, Florida. Her father was an appellate attorney, her mother a secretary
She attended King College, Tennessee and Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. She became a reporter for the Charlotte Observer in 1979. Soon she became a police reporter and in 1984 she took a job in the Virginia medical examiner's office. For six years she worked at the morgue, first as a technical writer, then as a computer analyst. Patricia Cornwell now splits her time between Richmond, Virginia and Los Angeles.
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Postmortem
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell.
This is the 1st item in The Kay Scarpetta Series.
Under the leafy cover of night in Richmond, Virginia, a human monster moves undetected, leaving a gruesome trail of stranglings that has paralyzed the city. Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta senses the worst: a deliberate campaign by a brilliant serial killer— a "Mr.Nobody"—whose signatures offer precious few clues. With an unerring eye, she must call on the latest advances in forensic research to have a chance at unmasking the maniac. But this investigation will test Kay like no other, because it's being sabotaged from within—and someone wants her dead.
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Body of Evidence
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell.
This is the 2nd item in The Kay Scarpetta Series.
#1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell (Postmortem) returns to the chilling world of gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta in this suspense fiction classic.
A reclusive author, Beryl Madison finds no safe haven from months of menacing phone calls -- or the tormented feeling that her every move is being watched. When the writer is found slain in her own home, Kay Scarpetta pieces together the intricate forensic evidence -- while unwittingly edging closer to a killer waiting in the shadows.
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All That Remains
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell.
This is the 3rd item in The Kay Scarpetta Series.
Kay Scarpetta takes on more than routine investigations as her job of medical examiner involves her once again in a search for an unknown killer. The story is riveting from the opening chapters, and Sheila Hart never lets the intrigue subside. However Hart doesn't use enough vocal range, and male voices sound tinny and high-pitched. The dialogues with tough yet, endearing, Lt. Pete Marino have perfect cadence, accent and speech pattern, but sound somewhat thin and insubstantial. Telephone conversations and flashbacks are set off by effective sound enhancement, a useful addition.
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Cruel & Unusual
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell.
On the eve of longtime Death Row inmate Ronnie Joe Waddell's execution, Virginia chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta (All That Remains, Body of Evidence, etc.) gets a call about the kidnap-murder of young Eddie Heath--a homicide that has uncanny similarities to Waddell's handiwork. This is the 4th item in The Kay Scarpetta Series.
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