About the Author

PATRICIA CORNWELL s most recent bestsellers include The Bone Bed, Red Mist, Port Mortuary, and Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed. Her earlier works include Postmortem the only novel to win five major crime awards in a single year and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain s prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author."

Reviews

When it comes to the forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell.
The New York Times Book Review"

"When it comes to the forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell."
--"The New York Times Book Review"