Patricia Cornwell was
the third most popular adult author among the voters. Since 1990,
Patricia Daniels Cornwell's novels have followed Dr. Kay Scarpetta,
a medical examiner called upon to solve murders with forensic
sleuthing. The novels are praised for their accurate detail based
upon research Cornwell did in the Virginia medical examiner's
office, witnessing scores of autopsies. In addition to this, Cornwell
also went out on police homicide runs.
Here are some comments by voters:
"I like the continuing saga of the main character, Kay Scarpetta, M. D."
"I like this author because of the details."
"I like the style of writing, good development of characters and the immediate and sustained action."
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If You Like Patricia Cornwell, Try These…
Death du Jour by Kathy
Reichs
Forensic anthropologist
Temperance Brennan is called from her peaceful exhumation of the
century-old bones of Sister Elisabeth Nicolet, who may qualify
for sainthood to examine bodies that met a more violent end.
Acquired Motives by Sarah Lovett
As if it weren't bad
enough that Dr. Silvia Strange, the psychiatrist/ heroine of Lovett's
latest mystery, has just given court testimony that has released
a confessed rapist and murderer--now a mysterious villain known
only as "Killer" is out to get her, as well.
Gray Matter
by Shirley Kennett
A celebrated pianist
has been found dead, decapitated by a sharp instrument, possibly
a meat cleaver. His head is still missing. And that's only the
beginning of a savage nightmare that will hold the entire city
of St. Louis in a death-grip. Tracking the murdering maniac is
psychologist and single mother PJ Gray.
The Dark Place by Aaron J. Elkins
When bodies--killed
by spears identical to those used by primitive hunters ten thousand
years ago--appear in the primeval rain forests of Washington State,
anthropologist Gideon Oliver must lure a terrifying predator out
of his lair for a deadly final hunt.
Dead March by
Ann McMillan
In March 1861, Narcissa
Powers, a young Virginia widow, learns her brother, Charley, is
severely ill in Richmond. The short, painful illness kills Charley
and reveals unsettling events, including grave robberies. To understand
her brother's last months, Narcissa investigates, with the help
of a British journalist and a free black herbalist and "conjure
woman."