Patricia Cornwell

Cornwell writes 21st Scarpetta mystery

11/16/2013

NEW YORK — Patricia Cornwell never runs out of ideas for her intrepid forensic investigator, Kay Scarpetta.

“Cybercrime is now a really big deal, and so Scarpetta is inevitably going to get involved in crimes that have to do with the Internet, or the high technology with communications,” the best-selling author said during a recent interview at the Manhattan offices of The Associated Press. More