Patricia Cornwell is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sensational murders in Richmond, Virginia, where most of the stories are set. The plots are notable for their emphasis on forensic science, which has influenced later TV treatments of police work. Cornwell has also accused Walter Sickert of carrying out the Jack the Ripper killings. However, Sickert is not considered a serious suspect by most who study the case, and strong evidence shows he spent most of 1888 outside the UK, and was in France at the time of most of the Ripper murders. Her books have sold more than 120 million copies.
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| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Postmortem | 1990 | Amazon |
| 2 | | Body of Evidence | 1991 | Amazon |
| 3 | | All That Remains | 1992 | Amazon |
| 5 | | The Body Farm | 1994 | Amazon |
| 6 | | From Potter's Field | 1995 | Amazon |
| 7 | | Cause of Death | 1996 | Amazon |
| 8 | | Unnatural Exposure | 1997 | Amazon |
| 9 | | Point of Origin | 1998 | Amazon |
| 10 | | Black Notice | 1999 | Amazon |
| 11 | | The Last Precinct | 2000 | Amazon |
| 12 | | Blow Fly | 2003 | Amazon |
| 13 | | Trace | 2004 | Amazon |
| 14 | | Predator | 2005 | Amazon |
| 15 | | Book of the Dead | 2007 | Amazon |
| 16 | | Scarpetta | 2008 | Amazon |
| 17 | | The Scarpetta Factor | 2009 | Amazon |
| 18 | | Port Mortuary | 2010 | Amazon |
| 19 | | Red Mist | 2011 | Amazon |
| 20 | | The Bone Bed | 2012 | Amazon |
| 21 | | Dust | 2013 | Amazon |
| 22 | | Flesh and blood | 2014 | Amazon |
| 23 | | Depraved Heart | 2015 | Amazon |
| 24 | | Chaos | 2016 | Amazon |
| — | | Cruel and Unusual | 1993 | Amazon |
Entries without a number are not numbered in the source data - they are placed by publication date, which is usually but not always the intended reading order.
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Hornet's Nest | 1996 | Amazon |
| 2 | | Southern Cross | 1998 | Amazon |
| 3 | | Isle of Dogs | 2001 | Amazon |
Entries without a number are not numbered in the source data - they are placed by publication date, which is usually but not always the intended reading order.
Standalone books
| # | Cover | Title | Published | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | A Time for Remembering | 1983 | Amazon |
| 2 | | Ruth, a Portrait | 1997 | Amazon |
| 3 | | Scarpetta's Winter Table | 1998 | Amazon |
| 4 | | Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed | 2002 | Amazon |
| 5 | | At Risk | 2006 | Amazon |
| 6 | | The Front | 2008 | Amazon |
| 7 | Patricia Cornwell 2018 | 2018 | Amazon | |
| 8 | | Quantum | 2019 | Amazon |
| 9 | | Spin | 2020 | Amazon |
| 10 | | Autopsy | 2021 | Amazon |
| 11 | | Livid | 2022 | Amazon |
| 12 | | Unnatural Death | 2023 | Amazon |
| 13 | | Identity Unknown | 2024 | Amazon |
| 14 | True Crime | 2026 | Amazon |
Reading Patricia Cornwell in order
Patricia Cornwell has 2 series in our catalogue. Each one above is listed in reading order with its position number, so you can start at book one and work forward.
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