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Patricia Cornwell

Literature & Fiction | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Biographies & Memoirs

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In 1990, Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, while working at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. An auspicious debut, it went on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity Awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure prize—the first book ever to claim all these distinctions in a single year. Growing into an international phenomenon, the Scarpetta series won Cornwell the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author, the Gold Dagger Award, the RBA Thriller Award, and the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters for her contributions to literary and artistic development. Today, Cornwell’s novels and iconic characters are known around the world. Beyond the Scarpetta series, Cornwell has written the definitive nonfiction account of Jack the Ripper’s identity, cookbooks, a children’s book, a biography of Ruth Graham, and two other fictional series based on the characters Win Garano and Andy Brazil. While writing Quantum, Cornwell spent two years researching space, technology, and robotics at Captain Calli Chase’s home base, NASA’s Langley Research Center, and studied cutting-edge law enforcement and security techniques with the Secret Service, the US Air Force, NASA Protective Services, Scotland Yard, and Interpol. Cornwell was born in Miami. She grew up in Montreat, North Carolina, and now lives and works in Boston and Los Angeles.

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Identity Unknown

Kay Scarpetta, Book 28

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 28

Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins

Release date: 08-10-24

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
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Sharp Force

Kay Scarpetta, Book 29

By: Patricia Cornwell

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 29

Length: 10 hrs

Release date: 07-10-25

Language: English

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Flesh and Blood

(Kay Scarpetta 22)

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 22

Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins

Release date: 06-11-14

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 346 ratings
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Cause of Death

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: C.J. Critt

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 7

Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins

Release date: 05-03-04

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 61 ratings
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Dust

Kay Scarpetta, Book 21

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 21

Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins

Release date: 03-04-14

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 321 ratings
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Postmortem

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 1

Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins

Release date: 08-07-14

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,116 ratings
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All That Remains

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 3

Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins

Release date: 01-08-14

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 303 ratings
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Livid

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 26

Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins

Release date: 25-10-22

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 175 ratings
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Chaos

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 24

Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins

Release date: 20-10-16

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 278 ratings
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The Scarpetta Factor

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 17

Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins

Release date: 01-11-10

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 193 ratings
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Scarpetta

Kay Scarpetta, Book 16

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 16

Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins

Release date: 06-07-09

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 193 ratings
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The Last Precinct

Kay Scarpetta, Book 11

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 11

Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins

Release date: 21-01-05

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 221 ratings
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Unnatural Exposure

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: C.J. Critt

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 8

Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins

Release date: 04-03-04

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 54 ratings
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Unnatural Exposure

Dr Kay Scarpetta, Book 8

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: C. J. Critt

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 8

Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins

Release date: 20-07-17

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 137 ratings
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Trace

Kay Scarpetta, Book 13

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 13

Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins

Release date: 16-10-06

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 139 ratings
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Point of Origin

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 9

Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins

Release date: 14-09-12

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 156 ratings
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Hornet's Nest

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Series: Andy Brazil, Book 1

Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins

Release date: 01-05-12

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 105 ratings
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Unnatural Death

Kay Scarpetta, Book 27

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 27

Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins

Release date: 23-11-23

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 147 ratings
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Ripper

The Secret Life of Walter Sickert

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Mary Stuart Masterson

Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins

Release date: 28-02-17

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 168 ratings
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Cruel and Unusual

The Scarpetta Series, Book 4

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Series: Kay Scarpetta, Book 4

Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins

Release date: 01-05-12

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 375 ratings
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