Unnatural Exposure Virginia Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has a bloody puzzle on her hands: five headless, limbless cadavers in Ireland, plus four similar victims in a landfill back home. Is a serial butcher loose in Virginia? That’s what the panicked public thinks, thanks to a local TV reporter […]
From Potter’s Field Author: Patricia Cornwell Genre: Mystery/Suspense Publication Date: August 2, 1995 Publisher: Scribner Series: Kay Scarpetta #6 CONTENT WARNING: murder, blood, mention of animal abuse, homophobia, drug use Christmas Eve in Central Park—Temple Brooks Gault stands over his latest victim, washing his bloody hands in the […]
The Body Farm Author: Patricia Cornwell Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: November 30, 1995 Publisher: Scribner Book Company Series: Kay Scarpetta #5 CONTENT WARNING: murder, mention of sexual assault, gore, harm to an animal, homophobia, mention of child abuse Little Emily Steiner is dead. She left a North Carolina […]
Cruel and Unusual Author: Patricia D. Cornwell Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: June 10, 1993 Publisher: Little, Brown Series: Kay Scarpetta #4 CONTENT WARNING: murder, gore, blood, suicide, mention of cancer, grief, mutilation, fatphobia, racial slur 11:05 P.M. Convicted murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell is pronounced dead in the Commonwealth […]
All That Remains Author: Patricia Cornwell Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: June 11, 1992 Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks Series: Kay Scarpetta #3 CONTENT WARNING: death, murder, racism, mention of death of an animal, suicide attempt, blood A killer is stalking young lovers, taking their lives…and leaving just a tantalizing […]
Body of Evidence Author: Patricia Cornwell Genre: Mystery Publication Date: February 5, 1991 Publisher: Scribner Book Company Series: Kay Scarpetta #2 CONTENT WARNING: murder, blood, gore, mention of rape, stalking, homophobic slurs, suicide, mention of molestation, violence Reclusive author Beryl Madison finds no safe haven from months of […]
Postmortem Author: Patricia Daniels Cornwell Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: January 9, 1990 Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons Series: Kay Scarpetta #1 CONTENT WARNING: murder, gore, mention of rape, torture, homophobia and homophobic slurs, suicide, racism, mention of cancer, mention of death of a parent Postmortem introduces Patricia Daniels Cornwell, […]
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