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The front The front Patricia Cornwell When Patricia Cornwell introduced the quicksilver, cut-to-the-bone style and extraordinary cast of characters of At Risk, the result was electrifying:"At Risk is Cornwell's finest novel. It works in … OL134360W
The Scarpetta Factor The Scarpetta Factor Patricia Cornwell 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 pr… OL134363W
Book of the Dead Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell From America's #1 bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary new Dr. Kay Scarpetta novel.The "book of the dead" is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Sca… OL134364W
The last precinct The last precinct Patricia Cornwell A case for Dr Kay Scarpetta and Detective Pete Marino to crack - and a threat to Scarpetta which could change the course of her career. OL134380W
Portrait of a Killer Portrait of a Killer Patricia Cornwell "Between August and November 1888, at least seven women were murdered in London's Whitechapel area. The gruesome nature of their deaths caused panic and fear in the East End for months, and gave rise… OL134385W
Life's little fable Life's little fable Patricia Cornwell In the land of the pond there is no gravity and Jarrod, who has never fallen or felt heavy or learned to swim, wants to go into the pond, not knowing the grave danger that lurks there. OL15081118W
Unnatural exposure Unnatural exposure Patricia Cornwell Returning home from Ireland, where she had been called in to examine the remains of a murder victim whose body was marked by the signature of a cunning serial killer, medical examiner Kay Scarpetta i… OL15155180W
Point of origin Point of origin Patricia Cornwell The Virginia medical examiner, Kay Scarpetta, is faced with finding a cold blooded killer who uses fire to hide any clues that might be left. OL16036308W
Postmortem Postmortem Patricia Cornwell A serial killer is strangling victims, and Kay Scarpetta has to use forensic science to find him, before she is killed. OL16052249W
Black Notice Black Notice Patricia Cornwell An intriguing Dr Kay Scarpetta novel which will take Kay an ocean's breadth away from home. The case begins when a cargo ship arriving at Richmond, Virginia's Deep Water Terminal from Belgium is disc… OL17393251W
Dust Dust Patricia Cornwell Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has just returned from working one of the worst mass murders in U.S. history when she's awakened at an early hour by Detective Pete Marino. A body, … OL17724927W
Point of origin Point of origin Patricia Cornwell Virginia medical examiner Kay Scarpetta finds herself up against a killer who hids his crimes with fire. OL17733656W
Port mortuary 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 … OL17736081W
Cruel y extraño Cruel y extraño Patricia Cornwell Ronnie Joe Waddell va a ser ejecutado por un crimen horrible y la doctora Scarpetta, particularmente inquieta frente a este hecho, espera para realizar la autopsia. Pocas horas después de la ejecució… OL17792667W
Flesh and blood Flesh and blood Patricia Cornwell It's Dr. Kay Scarpetta's birthday, and she's about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their Cambridge house.… OL17820790W
Depraved heart Depraved heart Patricia Cornwell Dr. Kay Scarpetta is working a suspicious death scene in Cambridge, Massachusetts when an emergency alert sounds on her phone. A video link lands in her text messages and seems to be from her compute… OL17872716W
Chaos Chaos Patricia Cornwell In the quiet of twilight, on an early autumn day, twenty-six-year-old Elisa Vandersteel is killed while riding her bicycle along the Charles River. It appears she was struck by lightning - except the… OL18025534W
Post mortem Post mortem Patricia Cornwell 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 … OL18147600W
Ruth, a portrait Ruth, a portrait Patricia Cornwell A portrait of the wife of the evangelist, Billy Graham, recounts Ruth Graham's impoverished childhood in China, her religious development, and her influence on her famous husband. OL19870261W
Chaos Chaos Patricia Cornwell In the quiet of twilight, on an early autumn day, twenty-six-year-old Elisa Vandersteel is killed while riding her bicycle along the Charles River. It appears she was struck by lightning - except the… OL20822775W
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