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New York Premiere of Joe Pantoliano's Documentary

2009-10-19

Your chance to see Patricia present the 2009 NKM2 Award to Bob and Lee Woodruff! Included with your purchase of a VIP ticket you will receive a signed copy of THE SCARPETTA FACTOR! Order Now

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Davide Ristorante

2009-06-02

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The Front now availabile in paperback!

2009-05-26

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Fighter, then victim, of cyberstalking

Milton J. Valencia - The Boston Globe — 2009-04-23

Joan Lukey, a prominent Boston lawyer who has fought cyberstalking and harassment in the courtroom, is fighting back at her own stalker. More

Bad Guys, Beware! Angelina Jolie's on the Case

Gina Serpe - E! Online — 2009-04-22

Crime is about to pay big-time for Angelina Jolie.

After months of negotiations and an in-person meet with the author, Brad Pitt's better half is set to star in a potentially franchisable action flick based on Patricia Cornwell's best-selling crime series. More

Angelina Jolie teams with Fox 2000 Actress hoists scalpel for Cornwell film

MICHAEL FLEMING - Variety — 2009-04-21

Angelina Jolie, Fox 2000 and author Patricia Cornwell are teaming up for a killer deal.

The studio is acquiring screen rights to Cornwell's bestselling book series on medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta, to develop as a vehicle for Jolie. More

A member of Dan Aykroyd's Motorcycle Escort

2009-04-07

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AMERICAN RUST-- AVAILABLE NOW!

2009-02-23

"A brilliant novel as splendidly crafted and original as any written in recent decades, it is both darkly disturbing and richly compelling. His first novel signals the arrival of a new voice in American letters—he ought to win a Pulitzer" PATRICIA CORNWELL

Author Philipp Meyer

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On the Scene: Crime Writer Investigates Mysteries

ABC News — 2009-02-02

In 2003, best-selling author Patricia Cornwell teamed with ABC News' "Primetime" to investigate real-life mysteries, from the death of Princess Diana to a suspected serial killer on the loose in Louisiana. More

SCARPETTA: #1 International Best Seller!

2009-01-03

See exclusive pictures from Patricia's New York City Book Tour including her appearance on "Good Morning America". More

Book Talk: Cornwell celebrates 20 years with Kay Scarpetta

Belinda Goldsmith - Reuters — 2008-12-24

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - After 20 years of creating forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta, crime writer Patricia Cornwell has nothing but respect for the character who has also changed and shaped her. More

Scarpetta

Amanda St. Amand - ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH — 2008-12-21

The most recent installment in the Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell is titled simply "Scarpetta." If that name makes you anxious to get to the bookstore, this edition will be up your alley. If you're only a lukewarm fan of the series about the crime-fighting medical examiner ...

Review of Scarpetta, the 16th book in Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta crime se

Michelle Kerns - Book Examiner — 2008-12-21

Bestselling author Patricia Cornwell's latest addition to her wildly popular Kay Scarpetta series, Scarpetta, goes on sale today, December 2nd, and boy, is it a doozy. More

Top 50 Analysis

Philip Stone - www.thebookseller.com — 2008-12-14

"Over the past three years, Patricia Cornwell has spent 18 weeks atop The Bookseller's original fiction charts -- a feat not matched by Rowling (six weeks) or Martina Cole (15 weeks)."

Cornwell is on the case

CLAIRE ALLFREE - metro.co.uk — 2008-12-13

In trying times, one doesn't instinctively turn to Patricia Cornwell. Optimism doesn't tend to hang out much among serial killers and murdered women. More

Writer Patricia Cornwell speaks out for gay marriage

Belinda Goldsmith - Reuters — 2008-12-11

CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) - Crime writer Patricia Cornwell is a master storyteller but had shied away from telling her own tale, until this year when uproar about same-sex marriages in the United States prompted her to go public. Full article

I created a monster

James Kidd - The Observer — 2008-12-07

Dr Kay Scarpetta has propelled Patricia Cornwell from morgue-worker to millionaire. Now, the novelist tells James Kidd, all she wants is a little respect. Read full article

$1 Million Donation? The Author Did It

DAVE ITZKOFF — 2008-12-05

It’s no mystery why the Harvard Art Museum named a new position in honor of Patricia Cornwell. Ms. Cornwell, the best-selling crime-fiction author whose books include the Kay Scarpetta novels, has made a commitment of $1 million to the museum’s Straus Center for Conservation and ...

Flying with Patricia

2008-11-24

Watch Patricia as she prepares for takeoff and then enjoy a birds eye view as you fly with her in the helicopter. more...

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Bestselling novelist teams with McLean

McLean Hospital Newsletter — 2008-11-21

Best-selling author Patricia Cornwell has been appointed to the hospital’s National Council. Cornwell, whose popular crime novels feature forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta and explore themes of depression, rage and substance abuse, first began working with McLean in 2004 while

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Patricia Visits Her Friend Dr. G

2008-10-26

Patricia Cornwell and Dr. Staci Gruber visit Dr. Jan Garavaglia, better known as "Dr. G", at her morgue in Florida. more...

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HOW NOT TO DIE - By Dr. Jan Garavaglia

2008-10-10

WHEN THIS DOCTOR TALKS, YOU SHOULD LISTEN

Thousands of people make an early exit each year and arrive on medical examiner Jan Garavaglia's table. What is particularly sad about this is that many of these deaths could easily have been prevented. Although Dr. Garavaglia, or Dr. G, as she's known

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PRESSURE IS A PRIVILEGE: Lessons I've Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes

2008-08-28

Billie Jean King is one of the greatest champions of all time--both on and off the court. In every way I can think of, she is inspiring, and I am pleased to recommend to you her new book PRESSURE IS A PRIVILEGE.

It is helpful and entertaining, and I hope you will order it now. If you

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The Advocate Interview WIth Patricia Cornwell

Michele Court - The Advocate — 2008-06-17

“I’ll tell you something very interesting,” says Patricia Cornwell, fixing me with her Carolina-blue eyes. Click here to read more. We’re sitting in the living room of a bird’s-eye suite on the 53rd floor of the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Manhattan, not far from

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UK Times Online

Janice Turner - UK Times Online — 2008-04-16

Patricia Cornwell's Extraordinary Life. To read the article, click here.

Variety

John Dempsey - Variety — 2008-04-16

Lifetime Unveils Fall Plans. To read the article click here.

Bloomberg

Hephzibah Anderson - Bloomberg — 2008-04-10

Patricia Cornwell Wins Crime Thriller of the Year. To read more, click here.

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A serial killer is loose in Richmond, specializing in attractive young couples whose bodies are inevitably found in the woods months later -- minus their shoes and socks. After months of exposure to all the elements, all that remains of this killer's victims has in every case left Chief Medical

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A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, attractive but hard-charging, is planning to run for governor, and as a showcase she's planning to use a new crime

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"Patricia Cornwell lights a fire under familiar characters--and sparks her hottest adventure in years," wrote People magazine about Point of Origin, the instant #1 bestseller by America's premier crime writer. "Evil always smolders when it seems to be doused," said The Atlanta

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In Blow Fly, Scarpetta stands at the threshold of a new life after her work as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner has come to a jarring end. At the close of The Last Precinct, she knew she would have to leave Richmond if she were to find any peace. She feared that she was about to be fired by the

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns to the chilling world of gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta in this suspense fiction classic.

Reclusive author Beryl Madison finds no safe haven from months of menacing phone calls -- or the tormented feeling that her every move is

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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 Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning.

Fresh from her bruising

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A crime thriller featuring forensic pathologist Dr Kay Scarpetta. On a chilling December day, Kay Scarpetta is called upon to examine the body of a diver found near a US Navy shipyard. On discovering the diver died of cyanide poisoning, Scarpetta embarks on an investigation that points to military ...

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When convicted killer RonnieJoe Waddell is executed in Virginia's electric chair, he becomes what shouldbe a routine postmortem case for Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.But after Waddell's execution, the murders continue, as everyone connectedto him begins to die -- including a member of

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The millions of fans who read Patricia Cornwell's bestsellers know that her popular character, Kay Scarpetta, loves to unwind in the kitchen. Book after book finds her tapping into her Italian heritage to create delicious meals for herself and her friends.

Brimming with full-color photographs and

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In From Potter's Field, #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell enters the chilling world of Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta—and a bold, brilliant killer from her past.

Upon examining a dead woman found in snowbound Central Park, Scarpetta immediately

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The creator of Kay Scarpetta, the most fascinating character in contemporary crime fiction, now cunningly reveals the heart and soul of a metropolitan police department. With Charlotte as her simmering background, she propels us into the core of the force through the lives of a dynamic trio of

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Patricia Cornwell’s novels of big-city police have taken this classic genre to a new level. Now, with this #1 New York Times bestselling novel, she outdoes herself, with a wry tale of life and turmoil behind the blue wall.
Chaos breaks loose when the governor of Virginia orders that speed

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From the author of Unnatural Exposure and Cause of Death comes a new Kay Scarpetta novel that pits Virginia's chief medical examiner against an audacious and wily killer who uses fire to mask his crimes. And when Scarpetta learns that her old nemesis, Carrie Grethen, is somehow involved, the ...

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Patricia Cornwell leaves no room for doubt...

Now updated with new material that brings the killer's picture into clearer focus.

In Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper, Case Closed, Cornwell combines the rigorous discipline of twenty-first century police investigation with forensic techniques

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Under cover of night in Richmond, Virginia, a human monster strikes, leaving a gruesome trail of stranglings that has paralyzed the city. Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta suspects the worst: a deliberate campaign by a brilliant serial killer whose signature offers precious few clues. With an unerring

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Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida, takes charge of a case that stretches from steamy Florida to snowbound Boston; one that at first appears as unnerving as any she has ever faced. The teasing psychological clues lead Scarpetta and her team—Pete

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From Publishers Weekly

What is it like to be the wife of the preacher to the presidents, the peripatetic world evangelist Billy Graham? In this new version of her first book, published in 1983, popular crime novelist Patricia Cornwell, a long-time friend of the Graham family, draws an intimate and

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Introspective author Patricia Cornwell reflects on Kay Scarpetta

Carol Blair - St. Petersberg Times — 2009-02-22

Relationships, not forensic procedures, are crime writer Patricia Cornwell's passion these days, and psychology is her muse. Read More

Forthcoming debut novel gets a cameo plug in Patricia Cornwell's latest mystery

Alison Flood - guardian.co.uk — 2009-01-21

She's a hotshot forensic pathologist who has solved a host of grisly crimes, but it has emerged that Kay Scarpetta also has another skill up her sleeve: More

Endorsement at a Crime Scene: A Book Plugged in "Scarpetta"

MOTOKO RICH - New York Times — 2009-01-19

For a first-time author, it’s the ultimate in product placement. In Patricia Cornwell’s latest mystery, a police officer is reading “American Rust.” Patricia Cornwell, the best-selling crime fiction writer, uses her latest Kay Scarpetta novel to promote

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Dr. Kay Scarpetta

VICKI ROCK - Daily American Staff Writer — 2009-01-13

Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner, has been the main character in Patricia Cornwell's novels for 20 years. More

Scarpetta - Patricia Cornwell

LINDSAY JONES - Barking and Dagenham Recorder — 2009-01-08

LONG before the proliferation of CSI shows on TV, Patricia Cornwell was writing unparalleled forensic thrillers. More

Guilt's Companion

MARILYN STASIO - The New York Times — 2008-12-26

Patricia Cornwell's new novel, SCARPETTA (Putnam, $27.95), gets off to a great start, with the indomitable Kay Scarpetta More

Patricial Cornwell Earns Her Fifteenth #1 On The New York Times Best Seller List

Anthony Jones - Celebrity News Service Contributor — 2008-12-15

New York, NY (CNS) - Patricia Cornwell's latest, "Scarpetta", debuts at the top of the New York Times Best Seller List. "Scarpetta" is Cornwell's fifteenth #1 on the list and her first since she topped the list last year with her bestseller "Book of the Dead". More

Cornwell Delivers Again With 'Scarpetta'

K. SUE COLLINS - The Tampa Tribune — 2008-12-14

Patricia Cornwell celebrates the 20th anniversary of her first Kay Scarpetta novel with her latest crime novel, "Scarpetta." Cornwell revolutionized the forensic novel with her astonishing accuracy and attention to procedures in "Postmortem." Twenty years later, she does not ...

The monster Patricia Cornwell created

Jacque Wilson - CNN — 2008-12-14

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- When Patricia Cornwell began writing thriller novels, she ruled the world of forensic science. "I could treat readers in each book to some new aspect that they wouldn't be familiar with," Cornwell said. More

Scarpetta is back on the case

Dorothy Robinson - Metro International — 2008-12-09

Patricia Cornwell on 20 years of her fictitious crime fighter. Before there was “Bones” “Dr. G: Medical Examiner,” “Dexter,” “Forensic Files,” “CSI,” and the many, many other TV shows revolving around forensics, there was Chief

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Patricia Cornwell, queen of forensic fiction

Sarah Weinman - Los Angeles Times — 2008-12-09

Patricia Cornwell returns to form in 'Scarpetta' and funds real-life science. Patricia Cornwell's name comes with more than a whiff of myth and expectation. Almost every woman writing thrillers with extreme violence gets compared to Cornwell's bestselling work featuring forensic pathologist ...

Good Morning America

2008-12-03

Tune in to "Good Morning America" to watch the inteview with Patricia about "Scarpetta"

USA Today interview

2008-12-02

That tempting offer comes from best-selling crime novelist Patricia Cornwell, who invites a reporter to slide into the plush leather driver's seat more

USA Today Review

2008-12-02

That tempting offer comes from best-selling crime novelist Patricia Cornwell, who invites a reporter to slide into the plush leather driver's seat more

Joan Hamburg Interviews Patricia

2008-12-02

Listen to Patricia's interview with Joan Hamburg more

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From America’s #1 bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary new Kay Scarpetta novel.

Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta accepts an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured man on

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Scarpetta

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Patricia Cornwell has a sixth sense about the men and women in blue. In Hornet's Nest, her page-turning novel about crime and police in Charlotte, North Carolina, Cornwell moved behind the badges of these real-life heroes to uncover flesh-and-blood characters who strode through her pages to reveal

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Little Emily Steiner left a church meeting late one afternoon and strolled toward home along a lakeside path; a week later, her nude body was discovered, bound in blaze-orange duct tape. Called by the North Carolina authorities, forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta recognizes similarities to the

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Five set for Cornwell pix

KATHY LYFORD - Variety — 2009-07-20

MacDowell, Carroll, Gish, more join Lifetime casts.... More

Lifetime books two Cornwell telepics

ED MEZA - www.variety.com — 2009-03-16

BERLIN -- Stanley M. Brooks and Jim Head have teamed with Tandem Communications to produce TV movie adaptations of Patricia Cornwell's bestselling crime novels "At Risk" and "The Front" for Lifetime Network, marking the first time the author's work will be adapted. More

USA Today Review of the Front

Carol Memmott - USA Today — 2008-05-25

This classically written crime novel (think Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) is the follow-up to the best-selling forensic crime writer's 2006 At Risk. In Risk, Patricia Cornwell took a hiatus from her Kay Scarpetta series and introduced readers to new protagonists Massachusetts State Police investigator

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Good Morning America Now

Hilarie Basky - GMA Radio — 2008-05-23

The Queen of Crime Novels Talks About The Crimes That Inspired Her New Book The Front. To watch the interview, click here.

Imus In The Morning

Don Imus - Imus In The Morning — 2008-05-21

American Crime Writer And Novelist, Patricia Cornwell, Joins "Imus In The Morning". To listen to the show, click here.

Read An Excerpt of The Front

Good Morning America — 2008-05-20

Patricia Cornwell discusses her latest release The Front on Good Morning America. Visit GMA to read an excerpt of the book.

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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 every way possible—fascinating characters, solid plot, great pacing and expertly

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THE FRONT Excerpt

Win Garano sets two lattes on a picnic table in front of the John F. Kennedy School of Government. It’s a sunny afternoon, mid-May, and Harvard Square is crowded. He straddles a bench, overdressed and sweaty in a black Armani suit and
black patent- leather Prada shoes, pretty sure

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"A character as strong as any in popular fiction, Scarpetta knows the world is evil and often overwhelming, but she continues to rail against it with all her endearing and humane self-righteousness," wrote The Wall Street Journal about Black Notice, the latest in a hot streak of

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The Cornwell factor

Paola Totaro - theage.com.au — 2009-11-15

IT IS mid-afternoon at the Soho Hotel and already, the light is fading fast as the London winter starts to make itself felt. The lobby is frenetic, as always, bristling with newly arrived guests and purposeful staff. It is a favourite of visiting celebrities, writers, musicians and actors; staff ...

A forensic mind

HILARY FANNIN - The Irish Times — 2009-11-14

INTERVIEW: Patricia Cornwell, who has just released the 17th novel in her massively popular Kay Scarpetta series, had a circuitous route to success, rising from poverty to practically invent the forensic fiction genre via crime journalism and a medical examiner’s office. HILARY ...

Patricia Cornwell has skeletons ... in and outside her novels

James Kidd - The Courier Mail — 2009-11-13
FOR almost 20 years Patricia Cornwell has scared, dazzled and entertained readers across the world with the adventures of Kay Scarpetta, the forensic pathologist whose iconic adventures paved the way for every CSI from New York to Miami. More

An American Crime

Ross von Metzke - Advocate.com — 2009-11-12
New York Times best-selling author Patricia Cornwell is used to making headlines -- for good (earlier this year, she inked a deal with 20th Century Fox to develop a movie from her Kay Scarpetta series. More

THE SCARPETTA FACTOR

Mark Sanderson - The Evening Standard — 2009-11-12

CHRISTMAS is coming but the festive spirit is sorely missing in freezing, credit-crunch New York. Everyone feels bad: Kay Scarpetta, Benton Wesley, Pete Marino and Lucy Farinelli are haunted by their gruesome pasts. If these names mean nothing to you it is unlikely that you will get the most
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Thrilling novels abound from reknown authors

Salley Davidson — 2009-11-06
Scarpetta Factor, by Patricia Cornwell ~ It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Scarpetta to offer her services pro bono to New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical More

Interview with Patricia Cornwell

Heather Aimee O'Neill — 2009-11-02
Out author Patricia Cornwell is one of the major international best-selling crime writers. Her recent book, The Scarpetta Factor, continues her highly respected series featuring forensic pathologist, Dr. Kay Scarpetta. More

Patricia Cornwell and James Patterson: Author One-on-One

2009-11-01
In this Amazon exclusive, we brought together blockbuster authors Patricia Cornwell and James Patterson and asked them to interview each other. Find out what two of the top authors of their genres have to say about their characters, writing process, and more.

20 Questions for Author Patricia Cornwell

PopMatters.com — 2009-10-29
Award-winning, international best-selling author Patricia Cornwell has seen her meticulously researched crime novels translated into 36 languages across more than 50 countries. The former police beat reporter scuba dives, rides motorcycles and flies helicopters just like her characters do. More

A Conversation with Patricia!

2009-10-28

Join Professor Christopher Bigsby for a conversation with Patricia at the University of Anglia followed by a book signing at Waterstone's University Book Store. Cornwell will talk about her new book The Scarpetta Factor and 20 years of writing about its heroine, forensic pathologist Dr Kay
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Across the Page: New Fall Fiction

Heather Aimee O'Neill - Contributing Writer — 2009-10-28
Out author Patricia Cornwell’s latest release, The Scarpetta Factor, opens with the formidable Dr. Kay Scarpetta at the New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. She has just finished her third autopsy of the day: a woman in her mid-twenties named Toni Darien who was ...

Patricia's "Feisty Side of Fifty" Radio Interview

2009-10-26
Listen to Patricia speak of her personal experience, some of her own self-doubts and questioning, and how she relates to her famous heroine. She gives amazing background on her research for the book and her success at gaining access into the internal workings of the NYPD—an insider’s ...

Watch Online Now!

2009-10-23

See Patricia's TV Satellite Interviews!
WJBK-FOX (Detroit , MI)
WBRC-FOX (Birmingham, AL)

National Radio and Television Satellite Tour Schedule

2009-10-22
Friday, October 23rd
NATIONAL RADIO SATELLITE TOUR

7:10 AM to 7:20 AM – “Lanigan & Malone” / ...

National Radio and Television Satellite Tour Schedule

2009-10-21

On Wedensday October 21st Patricia will begin a national radio and television satellite tour! She will discuss The Scarpetta Factor as well as her upcoming films!
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
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Cornwell top author of forensic science novels

Vicki Rock - Daily American Staff Writer — 2009-10-20
"Nobody writes better forensic novels than Patricia Cornwell, and this one of her best." More

The Scarpetta Factor
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Now freelancing from South Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to Richmond, Virginia, the city that turned its back on her five years ago. Investigating the death of a young girl, she must follow the twisting leads and track the strange details in order to make the dead speak-and to reveal the sad
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Always packed with unrelieved tension and constant surprises, a new novel from Patricia Cornwell is cause for celebration. Virginia's chief medical examiner, Kay Scarpetta, is called in to examine the remains of a woman found in a landfill, her body dismembered in the same expert way she'd seen
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