Best Selling Books by Patricia Daniels

Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta has returned to Virginia as the chief medical examiner, inheriting not only an overbearing secretary, but a legacy of neglect - and potential corruption. She and her husband Benton Wesley, now a forensic psychologist with the U.S. Secret Service, have relocated to Old Town Alexandria where she''s headquartered five miles from the Pentagon in a post-pandemic world that''s been torn by civil and political unrest.After just weeks on the job, she''s called to a body on the railroad tracks. But there''s more to the dead woman than meets the eye, and Scarpetta suspects an obfuscated connection between this corpse and another.Meanwhile, a catastrophe occurs in a top-secret laboratory in orbit, with two scientists aboard the craft suspected to be injured or dead. With the help of video links and two astronauts, Scarpetta must remotely work a crime scene in space.

No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the twenty-fourth engrossing thriller in her high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.

From breathtaking full-color photographs to detailed explanatory diagrams to expert essays, fascinating sidebars, and informative fact boxes, the New Solar System is not just an easy-to-use, solidly reliable reference, but also a visually stunning, invitingly browsable volume guaranteed to fire the imagination of even the most casual reader.

Depicts 30 great empires of the world from 2600 B.C. to the 20th century in images and maps that show the territories held by each ruler, major trade routes, paths of military campaigns and other important landmarks.

La autora, maestra de las novelas de intriga, vuelve con esta magnífica obra al complicado mundo en que se desenvuelve la intrépida doctora en Medicina Legal Kay Scarpetta. Una escritora solitaria, Beryl Madison, se refugia en Miami intentando huir de las amenazadoras llamadas telefónicas que la acosan desde hace meses y de la angustiosa sensación de que alguien observa todos sus movimientos. Pero no hay escapatoria para Beryl, pues en cuanto regresa a su hogar es brutalmente asesinada.

Deseosa de empezar una nueva vida libre de los lastres del pasado, Kay Scarpetta decide cerrar su etapa como forense en Richmond y elige Florida como destino donde alcanzar la tan anhelada tranquilidad. Sin embargo, hay alguien que no esta dispuesto a que la doctora rehaga su vida: Jean- Baptiste Chandonme, el psicopata que la aterrorizo tiempo atras, la reclama ahora desde el corredor de la muerte. La mosca de la muerte es una novela intensa cuyos protagonistas se ven irremediablemente abocados a enfrentase con fantasmas del pasado: Scarpetta con Chandonme, Pete Marino con un hombre al que todos daban por muerto y que se oculta en Boston.

Patricia Cornwell turns her trademark skills in meticulous research and scientific expertise to the case of Jack the Ripper. Using modern forensic investigation to re-examine the evidence she is able to reveal the true identity of this elusive madman.

It is a sunny morning in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and also Dr. Kay Scarpetta''s birthday. She''s about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their home. Is this a kids'' game? And if so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny they could be newly minted? Her cellphone rings, and Detective Pete Marino tells her there''s been a homicide five minutes away. A high school music teacher has been shot with uncanny precision as he unloaded groceries from his car. Yet no one has heard or seen a thing. In this 22nd Scarpetta novel, the master forensic sleuth finds herself in the unsettling pursuit of a serial sniper who leaves no incriminating evidence except fragments of copper. The shots seem impossible to achieve, yet they are so perfect that they cause death in an instant. The victims appear to have had nothing in common, and there is no pattern to indicate where the killer will strike next. Until Scarpetta comes face to face with shocking evidence that implicates her techno genius niece, Lucy, her very own flesh and blood. With the bravura storytelling and state-of-the-art forensic details that are her hallmarks, Patricia Cornwell again raises the bar with this highly entertaining new tale, her most captivating Scarpetta novel yet.

Een jonge, blinde, Britse vrouw is meer dan veertig jaar geleden vermoord gevonden, en nu lijkt het erop dat ze een slachtoffer was van de beruchte Boston Strangler die in die tijd soortgelijke misdaden beging.

This fun, smart guide answers kids'' questions as it takes them on a journey through the human body and all its systems. The book is sprinkled throughout with plenty of health tips, top-10 lists, simple experiments, and weird-but-true wacky details. Full color.

The first novel featuring Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta from the #1 bestselling author of Black Notice and Point of OriginWinner of the Edgar Award and the Macavity Award for best first mysteryFour women with nothing in common, united only in death. Four brutalized victims of a brilliant monster - a "Mr. Nobody," moving undetected through a paralyzed city, leaving behind a gruesome trail of carnage . . . but few clues. With skilled hands, an unerring eye, and the latest advances in forensic research, an unrelenting female medical examiner - Kay Scarpetta - is determined to unmask a maniac. But someone is trying to sabotage Kay''s investigation from the inside. And worse yet, someone wants her dead . . .

Kay Scarpetta offers her services pro bono to the New York City medical examiner''s office, in addition to her duties as CNN''s senior forensic analyst, which seems to trigger a series of unsettling events, including an apparent death threat.

"Killing me won''t kill the beast" warned convicted rapist-murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell four days before his execution. Ignored as a madman''s rant, the words come to haunt Scarpetta when Waddell''s fingerprints show up at a fresh crime-- committed after she''d performed his autopsy. It''s a chilling game, and Scarpetta can''t afford to lose. Because if Waddell''s next victim is someone she loves, the punishment will be CRUEL AND UNUSUAL.