Blogs in August 2020

Black Notice 25th August 2020

An intriguing Dr Kay Scarpetta novel which will take Kay an ocean’s breadth away from home. The case begins when a cargo ship arriving at Richmond, Virginia’s Deep Water Terminal from Belgium is discovered to be transporting a locked,...

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Scarpetta’s Winter Table 25th August 2020

When Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the intrepid chief medical examiner of Virginia, isn’t busy solving crimes, she is concocting delicious dishes in her kitchen. In Scarpetta’s Winter Table, Patricia Cornwell takes her readers behind the scenes for intimate glimpses of...

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Cause of Death 25th August 2020

It is New Year’s Eve, the last day of Virginia’s bloodiest year since the Civil War. Dr. Kay Scarpetta plunges into the murky depths of a ship graveyard to recover the very human remains of Ted Eddings, an investigative...

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All That Remains 25th August 2020

In Richmond, Virginia, young lovers are dying. So far, four couples in the area have disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses. When the daughter of the president’s newest drug czar vanishes along with her boyfriend,...

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From Potter’s Field 25th August 2020

Christmas has never been a particularly good time for Dr Kay Scarpetta. Although a holiday for most, the festivities always seem to heighten the alienation felt by society’s violent fringe; and that usually means more work for Scarpetta, Virginia’s...

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