Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell is one of the world’s major international best-selling authors, translated into thirty-six languages across more than fifty countries. She is a founder of the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine, a founding member of the National Forensic Academy, a member of the New York OCME Forensic Sciences Training Program’s Advisory Board, and a member of the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital’s National Council, where she is an advocate for psychiatric research.

In 2008 Cornwell won the Galaxy British Book Awards’ Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year – the first American ever to win this prestigious award. Her most recent bestsellers include Scarpetta, Book of the Dead and The Front. Her earlier works include Postmortem – the only novel to win five major crime awards in a single year – and Cruel and Unusual, which won the coveted Gold Dagger award in 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American writer.

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Port Mortuary Patricia Cornwell Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of 'virtual autopsy' - a groundbreaking procedure that could soon revolutionise forensic science. And it is not too long before these new skills urgently need to be... Format: Paperback - Released: 28/04/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell Winner of the Crime Thriller of the Year at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2008.The 15th book is here and will not disappoint. The plot lines are as gripping as ever and the crime scenes are as gruesome as... Format: Paperback - Released: 17/04/2008 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell Winner of the Crime Thriller of the Year at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2008.The 15th book is here and will not disappoint. The plot lines are as gripping as ever and the crime scenes are as gruesome... Format: Hardback - Released: 23/10/2007 Lovereading Price: £14.24 - Saving £4.75 (25%)

At Risk Patricia Cornwell A standalone novel from the queen of crime based on a serialisation in the New York Times. As you’d expect with Cornwell it’s fast paced, well-researched and a cracking read.Read by Kate ReaderUnabridged on 4 CDSRunning... Format: Audiobook On Cd - Released: 01/06/2006 Lovereading Price: £11.98 - Saving £4.00 (25%)

Predator Patricia Cornwell Number 14 in the Scarpetta series, and perhaps not her best, but still worth the read to keep up to date with characters and she always writes a good yarn, even if it’s not as brilliant as some of the... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/04/2006 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Predator Patricia Cornwell Patricia Cornwell really is the queen of the forensic thriller. If you haven’t read her yet then so, her writing is addictive. Chilling and absorbing at the same time, it really is hard to stop listening.Read by Mary... Format: Audiobook On Cd - Released: 31/10/2005 Lovereading Price: £11.98 - Saving £4.00 (25%)

Trace Patricia Cornwell This is the 13th in the Scarpetta series and although Cornwell seemed to go off the boil a little with the previous couple in the series she is back on form with this, although a slightly different style by writing... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/04/2005 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Postmortem Patricia Cornwell This is the first in the Kay Scarpetta series introducing us to the medical examiner who also does her own fair share of detective work. Said to have inspired many a TV show such as the CSI series, these books... Format: Paperback - Released: 13/04/2000 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell Following murder cases from the post-mortem through all the detective work is not usually the job of the medical examiner but Cornwell is such a good story teller one can suspend belief and simply get caught up in scrutinising the... Format: Paperback - Released: 13/04/2000 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Cruel and Unusual Patricia Cornwell This won the Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel of the year and is the fourth in the Scarpetta series. The characters are really developing at this point in the series and the relationships between them are becoming an... Format: Paperback - Released: 13/04/2000 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)