About "Cause of Death"
The mysterious death of diver 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. 1,200,000 first printing. Lit Guild, Doubleday, & Mystery Guild Main.
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22.03.2009 / Ruth Thompson / Venice, FL USA
Cause of Death
One of Scarpetta's favorite reporters is dead and she must investigate his death. Why was he in the river at the old Navy yard? Cornwell can give you all the forensics that most people do not have in their background. Here she takes you underwater to remove the body of the reporter. This is one...
[> more]25.02.2009 / B. Brody / Fairbanks, Alaska
Not Up to the Other Books in this Series
This book is an ok page-turner but not too much else. It is not up to the other books in the Scarpetta series.
Kay Scarpetta, female private eye and coroner, investigates the murder of a journalist. At the time of his death, the journalist was investigating a cult. The investigation...
[> more]17.02.2009 / Book Worm / N.C. USA
Took this book everywhere I went!
The forensic details were great in this book. It is amazing where all these murder's take place. This one a Navy Inactive Shipyard. I think this novel brought perfect stranger's to be best friend's. Cornwell for sure has the recipe for a perfect murder mystery novel down pat. I love thes...
[> more]The book "Cause of Death" belongs to the following genres:
Mystery & Detective - General Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
About Patricia Cornwall
Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels; June 9, 1956) is a contemporary American crime writer. She is widely known for writing a popular series of novels featuring the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner.
Early life
A descendant of abolitionist and writer Harriet Beecher Stowe,[[http://www.biblio.com/authors/601/Patricia_Cornwell_Biography.html Patricia Cornwell Biography and List of Works - Patricia Cornwell Books]] Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida. Cornwell says that there are numerous links between herself and the main character in her novels, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a forensic pathologist. They are both Miami-born, divorced, and had difficult relationships with their late fathers.
Cornwell's father, Sam Daniels, was one of the leading appellate lawyers in the United States and served as a law clerk ...
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