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Zusatztext "The reason we read novels about the forensic investigation of crime is not artistic decorum but a fascination with how things work. This is what Cornwell has always provided! and it is an area in which she does not disappoint." Times Literary Supplement Informationen zum Autor Patricia Cornwell's first crime novel! Postmortem ! was published in 1990 and became the first novel to win all the major crime awards in a single year. In 2008 Cornwell won the Galaxy British Book Awards' Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year - the first American ever to win this award. In 2011 she was awarded the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. Often interviewed on US national television as a forensic consultant! Cornwell is a founder of the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine; a founding member of the National Forensic Academy; a member of the Advisory Board for the Forensic Sciences Training Program at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner! NYC and a member of the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital's National Council! where she is an advocate for psychiatric research. Fox have acquired the film rights to the Scarpetta novels! featuring Angelina Jolie as Dr Kay Scarpetta. Cornwell's books are translated into thirty-six languages across more than fifty countries! and she is regarded as one of the major international bestselling authors. Klappentext Following the No 1 bestselling PREDATOR! this eagerly awaited new novel again features Dr Kay Scarpetta using her hard-won knowledge and expertise to catch a killer. The latest in the bestselling series featuring fiction's original pathologist, Dr Kay Scarpetta. Zusammenfassung The latest in the bestselling series featuring fiction's original pathologist! Dr Kay Scarpetta.
