New Releases by Patricia Daniels

The discovery of the decomposed body of a stowaway aboard a cargo ship leads Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta to a perilous international odyssey on a mission that could destroy her career and threatens her own life.

Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta of Richmond, Virginia, investigates a body found in a ship''s container from Europe. A tattoo on the body sends her flying to Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France, where she learns of a killer known as The Werewolf.

En deux ans, quatre couples ont disparu, volatilisés, abandonnant leur voiture au bord d''une route, sur un parking. Des couples de jeunes gens ou d''adolescents, qu''on a retrouvés les uns après les autres dans un rayon de cinquante kilomètres autour de Williamsburg... Mais trop tard... Car au bout de trois ou quatre mois, il ne reste à Kay Scarpetta, le médecin légiste, que des os et un peu de poussière à examiner : impossible de déterminer la cause de la mort, et donc d''orienter les recherches de la police et du FBI. Aujourd''hui, une voiture, une Jeep Cherokee, vient d''être découverte sur une aire d''autoroute déserte. Et l''étudiante qui regagnait Richmond avec son petit ami n''est autre que la fille de l''une des femmes les plus puissantes et les plus respectées des Etats-Unis, la responsable nationale de la lutte contre la drogue. Et celle-ci a bien l''intention de remuer ciel et terre pour élucider cette disparition, entraînant Kay Scarpetta dans son sillage... Après le Prix du Roman d''Aventures 1992 et Le Masque de l''Année 1993, Cornwell signe ici son troisième coup de maître, qui l''a propulsée parmi les plus grands écrivains de thriller.

Another thrilling novel from the bestselling author of Postmortem and Black Notice After months of menacing phone calls and feeling that her every move is being watched, successful writer Beryl Madison flees Key West when a terrifying message is scratched on her car. But the very night she returns to Richmond, she deactivates her burglar alarm and opens her door to someone who nearly decapitates her. Why did she let him in, wonders Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta? And, why is Beryl''s latest manuscript missing? Persuing the answers involves Scarpetta in the murder of another writer''s jealous mentor. While she copes with a variety of personal and professional problems, Scarpetta''s high-tech forensic skills enable her to collect a body of evidence that would mean little without her intelligence, compassion, and imagination leads her directly into a nightmare all her own.

In the land of the pond there is no gravity and Jarrod, who has never fallen or felt heavy or learned to swim, wants to go into the pond, not knowing the grave danger that lurks there.

Patricia Cornwell has asixth sense about the menand women in blue. InHornet''s Nest, her page-turning novel aboutcrime and police in Charlotte, North Carolina,Cornwell moved behind the badges of thesereal-life heroes to uncover flesh-and-bloodcharacters who strode through her pages to revealvulnerable, passionate, brave, sometimesdoubting, always fascinating figures. In Southern Cross, Cornwell takes us evencloser to the personal and professional lives ofbig-city police, in a story of corruption, scandal,and robberies that escalate to murder. This time,her setting is Richmond, Virginia, where CharlottePolice Chief Judy Hammer has been brought byan NIJ grant to clean up the police force. Reelingfrom the recent death of her husband, andresented by the police force, city manager, andmayor of Richmond, Hammer is joined by herdeputy chief Virginia West and rookie Andy Brazilon the most difficult assignment of her career. Inthe face of overwhelming public scrutiny, the triomust bring truth, order, and sanity to a city introuble.

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 mystery Four 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 . . .

Virginia''s chief medical examiner is pitted against an audacious and wily killer who uses fire to mask his crimes.

Dr. Kay Scarpetta becomes both investigator and victim when she is contacted over the Internet by a murderer who is threatening to loose a deadly virus on the world.

The inner workings of the Charlotte, N.C., police department are revealed through the interactions of a reporter/volunteer cop, the Police Chief, and her deputy chief.

Kriminalroman. I forbindelse med en række drab findes fingeraftryk, som er identiske med en henrettet morders. Da et af ofrene er retsmedicineren Kay Scarpettas nærmeste medarbejder, bliver både hun og hendes afdeling dybt involveret.

It is New Year''s Eve and Dr. Kay Scarpetta plunges into the murky depths of a ship graveyard to recover he very human remains of Ted Eddings, an investigative reporter.

Dr. Kay Scarpetta matches wits with a sadistic killer who infiltrates the FBI''s top-secret artificial intelligence system and closes in on Scarpetta herself

Pourquoi Beryl Madison a-t-elle laissé entrer son meurtrier ? La jeune femme, auteur à succès, s''est plaine pendant des mois de mystérieuses menaces téléphoniques, d''un inconnu qui la surveillait ... Terrifiée, elle est même partie se réfugier en Floride pour écrire ... Alors pourquoi, à peine descendue de l''avion qui la ramène chez elle, a-t-elle ouvert la porte à celui qui l''a lardée de coups de couteau ? Pourquoi a-t-elle débranché l''alarme ? Pourquoi ne s''est-elle pas servie de l''automatique qu''elle transportait toujours avec elle et qui est demeuré sur la table de la cuisine ? Autant de questions sans réponse pour le lieutenant Marino et le Dr Kay Scarpetta, médecin expert de l''Etat de Virginie ... Son héroïne est le témoin sérieux, nullement sophistiqué, mais implacable, de la folie meurtrière made in U.S.A. François Rivière, Libération.

Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta investigates the murder of a young boy that closely resembles a recently executed murderer.