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Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta volume 1
Publisher
Impress Mystery
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
333 p. : 23 cm.
Language
English
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Description
A serial killer is on the loose in Richmond, Virginia. Three women have died, brutalized and strangled in their own bedroom. There is no pattern: the killer appears to strike at random - but always early on Saturday mornings. So when Dr Kay Scarpetta, chief medical officer, is awakened at 2.33 am, she knows the news is bad: there is a fourth victim. And she fears now for those that will follow unless she can dig up new forensic evidence to aid the...
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1992, c1991
Physical Desc
401 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
A reclusive author, Beryl Madison finds no safe haven from months of menacing phone calls -- or the tormented feeling that her every move is being watched. When the writer is found slain in her own home, Kay Scarpetta pieces together the intricate forensic evidence -- while unwittingly edging closer to a killer waiting in the shadows.
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
406 p. 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a fifth couple falls prey to a serial killer with a penchant for stalking and murdering young lovers parked in their cars, Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta attempts to examine the evidence in the face of mounting political pressure.
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Scribner's
Pub. Date
c1993
Physical Desc
409 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 Scarpetta's staff. Then, when crucial records disappear from her files, Scarpetta comes underfire for incompetence. Caught in a web of political intrigue,...
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
387 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Kay Scarpetta travels to North Carolina to investigate the murder of an eleven-year-old girl, but the evidence does not add up, and she must conduct a gruesome experiment at a remote research facility to find the answers.
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
Late one night Beryl Madison turns off her burglar alarm, puts down her gun and opens her door to the man who has stalked and terrorized her for months. Hours later, her brutally mutilated body lies in the city morgue. As Scarpetta begins searching for the microscopic clues to the killer's identity, one question keeps nagging her: why did Beryl let him in?
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
A serial killer is stalking Virginia's young lovers, taking their lives and taunting police with a single clue: a jack of hearts. For two years, the meaning of this card has eluded FBI investigators. But as Scarpetta begins searching the victims' remains for microscopic clues, she begins to suspect that someone in the FBI knows more about the murderer.
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
412 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Upon examining a dead woman found in snowbound Central Park, Kay Scarpetta immediately recognizes the grisly work of Temple Gault, a bold and brilliant killer from her past. Now she must hunt down a psychopath whose string of horrible murders is leading inexorably to his ultimate prey: Scarpetta herself. Even with the help of the FBI, Scarpetta knows the endgame is hers alone to play -- and it will be played on Gault's home turf, the subway tunnels...
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta volume 7
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
340 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The mysterious death of Ted Eddings, an investigative reporter, and the murder of a morgue assistant driving her car lead medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, her niece, and police captain Pete Marino on the trail of a deadly supremacist group.
11) Cause of Death
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
#1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns to the world of gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta in the seventh suspenseful novel in the forensic thriller series
On a quiet day, away from the hustle of Richmond, in a small cottage on the Virginia coast, Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a disturbing phone call from the Chesapeake police. Thirty feet deep in the murky waters of Virginia's Elizabeth River, a scuba diver's body is discovered...
On a quiet day, away from the hustle of Richmond, in a small cottage on the Virginia coast, Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a disturbing phone call from the Chesapeake police. Thirty feet deep in the murky waters of Virginia's Elizabeth River, a scuba diver's body is discovered...
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 8
Publisher
G.P. Putnam
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
338 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kay Scarpetta, Virginia's chief medical examiner, has been called to Ireland to help investigate a series of grisly murders in which the killer dismembers his victims. Then Scarpetta returns to the U.S. and finds the killer--or a terrifying copycat--has struck at home. Worse, the victims appear to have been exposed to a deadly, highly contagious smallpox-like virus. To complete her personal nightmare, Scarpetta may have been exposed to the virus,...
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta volume 9
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
356 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kay must find a killer who uses fire to mask his crimes and when she learns that her old nemesis is somehow involved, the investigation becomes personal.
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta volume 10
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
415 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kay Scarpetta's beloved niece Lucy is involved in a dangerous undercover police operation in Miami and Kay fears for Lucy's life. Someone has tampered with Kay's e-mail identity and is sending off slanderous and hurtful messages. A tyrannical new deputy chief, Diane Bray, wants to get Kay's department under her juristiction.
15) Point of Origin
Author
Series
Language
English
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The clues to a series of remorseless killings go up in smoke—and only Kay Scarpetta can find them in this #1 New York Times bestseller from Patricia Cornwell.
“Sears its way into the psyche…Ablaze with Cornwell’s finest, scariest writing.”—Atlanta Journal Constitution
The devastating fire tore through the horse farm, destroying everything it touched. Picking through the wreckage, Dr....
“Sears its way into the psyche…Ablaze with Cornwell’s finest, scariest writing.”—Atlanta Journal Constitution
The devastating fire tore through the horse farm, destroying everything it touched. Picking through the wreckage, Dr....
16) Black Notice
Author
Series
Language
English
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In this #1 New York Times bestseller Dr. Kay Scarpetta is on a deadly mission that will pull her in two opposite directions: toward protecting her career or toward the truth...
Remains were all that was left of the stowaway. He arrived in Richmond’s Deep Water Terminal—the ghastly cargo of a ship from Belgium. The decomposed body gives Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta no clues to its identity—or the cause...
Remains were all that was left of the stowaway. He arrived in Richmond’s Deep Water Terminal—the ghastly cargo of a ship from Belgium. The decomposed body gives Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta no clues to its identity—or the cause...
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta volume 11
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 26
Physical Desc
449 p. : 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Torn between a desire to clear her name and the instinct of a wounded animal to turn against even its would-be rescuers, Kay Scarpetta sifts through the forensic evidence that seems to link Chandonne, who she killed in self-defense, to other horrific events in her past, up to and including Wesley's murder. Physical analysis, however, will not be enough to right her up-ended world. Instead, Kay must rely on the strategic support of her niece, cofounder...
Author
Series
Language
English
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In this #1 New York Times bestselling novel, Patricia Cornwell takes her readers deeper into Kay Scarpetta’s heart and soul than ever before….
Thwarting an attack by a suspected serial killer puts Virginia’s Chief Medial Examiner Kay Scarpetta in the harsh glare of the spotlight. As her personal and professional lives come under suspicion, she discovers that the so-called Werewolf murders may have extended to New...
Thwarting an attack by a suspected serial killer puts Virginia’s Chief Medial Examiner Kay Scarpetta in the harsh glare of the spotlight. As her personal and professional lives come under suspicion, she discovers that the so-called Werewolf murders may have extended to New...
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kay Scarpetta finds herself pitted against a possible bioterrorist in this suspense-filled read from #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.
When a woman turns up dismembered in a landfill, Scarpetta initially suspects the work of a serial killer she’s been tracking. But her investigation turns far more dangerous when she realizes the victim’s skin is covered in an unusual rash—and Scarpetta herself...
When a woman turns up dismembered in a landfill, Scarpetta initially suspects the work of a serial killer she’s been tracking. But her investigation turns far more dangerous when she realizes the victim’s skin is covered in an unusual rash—and Scarpetta herself...
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 12
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
465 p. : 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Kay Scarpetta has left Virginia in quest of peace but instead finds herself drawn into baffling, horrific murders in Florida. There she becomes entangled in an international conspiracy that confronts her with the shock of her life.
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