Patricia Cornwell

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Patricia Cornwell

Black Notice

Point of Origin

WebPage: http://www.patricia-cornwell.com

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Books By Patricia Cornwell

About the Author

Bibliography

Audio Tape - HarperCollins Audio (1999)

Black Notice
After the appalling death of her lover Benton Wesley at the hands of a serial killer in Point of Origin, Chief Medical Examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta is trying to live up to the old adage that 'life goes on', but grief isn't easily assuaged.
Distraction comes with the discovery of a body in a cargo ship from Belgium recently arrived in Richmond, Virginia. Initially it seems as though it may be the decomposed remains of a stowaway, but Scarpetta's post-mortem reveals neither a cause of death nor an identification. So the victim’s personal effects and an odd tattoo take Scarpetta on a hunt for information that eventually leads her to Interpol's headquarters in Lyon.
At first the highly confidential information she receives seems incredible, a bizarre trail of conspiracy and deceit, but inexorably the facts reveal a web of privileged and criminal arrogance which puts Scarpetta directly in harm's way, and places her and those she holds dear at mortal risk. 'Scarpetta is a compassionate, moral crusader, a force for good in a sea of evil' Daily Mail
'Scarpetta is a compassionate, moral crusader, a force for good in a sea of evil' Daily Mail Lorelei King was born in Pennsylvania. Once described as 'the best-known American voice on Radio 4', she has played roles as varied as Patricia Cornwell's forensic detective Kay Scarpetta and Groucho Marx's sidekick. Film work includes The Saint and Notting Hill; on television she is a running character (Natalie Lawrence) in the acclaimed Cold Feet, and she has appeared in Jonathan Creek, Chef, The Comic Strip, Birds of a Feather and Rumpole of the Bailey. On stage she has acted in such classics as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Blues for Mr Charlie and Death of a Salesman. She was nominated as Performer of the Year at the 1999 Talkies (the audiobook industry awards).
2 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 3 hrs

Hardback
HarperCollins Audio (1998)

Point of Origin
This dazzling thriller pits Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta against greater odds than ever before.
Convicted serial killer Carrie Grethen has escaped from psychiatric hospital with plans for revenge. Wary and shaken, Scarpetta also has to investigate the death by fire of an unknown woman. The postmortem reveals that the woman was stabbed before the fire was started. and soon Scarpetta and her colleagues are called out to the scene of another fire and another murder.
When her lover Benton Wesley disappears while following up a tip-off, Scarpetta, with sudden appalling clarity, sees that Carrie has set up a scenario in which she has the upper hand and can manipulate them all.
Read by Lorelei King
2 tapes - abridged - approx. 3 hours listening
'Imitators now abound, but - pathologically speaking - nobody does it like Cornwell.' Literary Review

About The Author
Patricia Cornwell ’s first novel, Postmortem, is the only novel to have won the Edgar, John Creasey, Anthony and MacAvity awards, and the Prix du Roman d’Adventure in one year. Her second and third novels, Body of Evidence and All That Remains, attracted equal critical acclaim and became international best-sellers, establishing the author as one of the top crime writers. She received the Gold Dagger Award for her fourth, Cruel and Unusual.
A former award-winning reporter for the Charlotte Observer, Patricia D.Cornwell worked for over six years as a computer analyst in the chief medical examiner’s office in Virginia, where she witnessed hundreds of autopsies. This experience inspired her to create Dr Kay Scarpetta, the tenacious, intelligent and compassionate Chief Medical Examiner.
She has written a total of nine novels featuring Dr Scarpetta, as well as Hornet's Nest, a police procedural set in North Carolina. She lives in Richmond, Virginia and New York.

Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

Black Notice (HarperCollins Audio, 1999) (Kay Scarpetta)

Point of Origin (HarperCollins Audio, 1998) (Kay Scarpetta)