Book Review: Patricia Cornwell’s Flesh and Blood
A complex tale involving a serial sniper who strikes chillingly close to the forensic sleuth herself.
Genre: forensic mystery
Book Review: Patricia Cornwell’s Dust
A sexual predator, a “spectacle killer”, leads into the world of designer drugs, drone technology, organized crime, and shocking corruption at the highest levels.
Book Review: Kathy Reichs’ Bones Never Lie
Two child murders, thousands of miles apart, share a common killer. When another child is taken, the reign of terror promises to continue—unless Brennan can stop a psychopath.
Book Review: Jefferson Bass’ Carved in Bone
Dr. Bill Brockton must solve a baffling puzzle in a remote mountain community where the mummified corpse of a young woman dead for 30 years is discovered in a cave.
Book Review: Patricia Cornwell’s Bone Bed
The suspicious disappearance of a paleontologist connects to a series of crimes much closer to home: a murder, tortures, and trace evidence from the dinosaur age.
Book Review: Kathy Reichs’ Bones are Forever
Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan works a case of infanticide, murder, and corruption, set in the high-stakes, high-danger world of diamond mining.
Book Review: Kathy Reichs’ Flash and Bones
FLASH! Illuminated by lightning, a lifeless human hand seems to reach from a barrel of asphalt beside the Charlotte racetrack. A body that the FBI confiscates and destroys. Then a young engineer alerts Tempe. Soon after, the engineer’s body is found crushed.
Book Review: Patricia Cornwell’s Red Mist
Connections reveal that Fielding’s death and the attempt on Scarpetta are only the beginning of a terrifying terrain of conspiracy and potential terrorism on an international scale.
Book Review: Patricia Cornwell’s Port Mortuary
Dr. Scarpetta is confronted with a case that could shut down the new Cambridge Forensic Center in Massachusetts and ruin her personally and professionally.
Book Review: Patricia Cornwell’s Cruel and Unusual
A strange folder on her computer and a Waddell-style murder days after his execution sends Kay Scarpetta, Agent Benton Wesley, and Det. Pete Marino, and young Lucy on the trail.