Postmortem, Patricia Cornwell
Postmortem, Patricia Cornwell
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Postmortem

Author: Patricia Cornwell

Narrator: C.J. Critt

Unabridged: 11 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/04/2011

Synopsis

Original Series coming soon on Prime Video The inspiration for the Prime Video series Scarpetta—starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis! Discover the “dazzling … fascinating” (Los Angeles Times) novel that launched the popular Kay Scarpetta series, from the New York Times #1 bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell. Patricia Cornwell’s debut novel Postmortem introduces one of crime fiction’s most compelling characters: gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta. Cornwell’s gift for combining cutting-edge criminology with nerve-shattering suspense makes this book a true modern classic. Under cover of night in Richmond, Virginia, a monster strikes, leaving a gruesome trail of stranglings that has paralyzed the city. Kay Scarpetta suspects the worst: a deliberate campaign by a brilliant serial killer whose signature offers precious few clues. With an unerring eye, she calls on the latest advances in forensic research to unmask the madman. But this investigation will test Kay like no other, because it’s being sabotaged from within—and someone wants her dead.

About Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell is a Miami born, contemporary crime novelist. Her books usually feature the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, who is a medical examiner. After a way sad childhood, Cornwall graduated from Davidson College with a degree in English. She wrote a biography of a family friend entitled, “A Time for Remembering”, then renamed “Ruth, A Portrait: The Story of Ruth Bell Graham” in 1983. After working in a Virginia medical examiners for six years, she wrote the first installment of her “Scarpetta” series entitled “Postmortem”. Her six year job was valuable in including a lot of forensic science details in her “Scarpetta” series. Her novels are considered to have influenced the creation of the TV series on forensics such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Cold Case. In the same vein Cornwell made a brief appearance on the Criminal Minds episode “True Genius”, as herself.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karin on November 14, 2013

This is a really terrific book. I think people forget how things started when they talk about current books by Patricia Cornwell. Back in the beginning, she was doing something no other woman was doing, and she did it really well. So well that she inspired folks like me. I figgered if she could get......more

Goodreads review by Luca on February 08, 2024

English (Postmortem) / Italiano «It was raining in Richmond on Friday, June 6» The first case of Kay Scarpetta, the coroner who made the fortune of the American writer Patricia Cornwell, starts in the rain. The population of Richmond is upset about the presence of a serial killer who first rapes his v......more

Goodreads review by Baba on November 05, 2022

Patricia Cornwell, with this debut novel that went on to become the first in a super best selling series, introduces the reader to Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia and her Richmond Police Department contact Sergeant Pete Marino, a homicide detective at the R......more

Goodreads review by James on April 29, 2023

Patricia Cornwell's Postmortem was my first foray into the forensic science crime novel. While I am fully capable of reading detailed descriptions of gore and autopsies without getting sick, I was a tad worried that it would get too technical where I'd lose some of the understanding of the medical a......more

Goodreads review by mark on December 18, 2018

A Post Mortem Report on Postmortem Management/Performance: Careful project management led to successful achievement of outcome objectives. Tension was raised; stakes were high; stakeholders and key informants displayed a personal engagement with project that enhanced performance. Communication: Effici......more

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