Postmortem
Published on 13. September 1990
Book
Hardback
640 pages
978-0-356-19073-0 (ISBN)
Description
A serial killer is on the loose in Richmond. Three women have died, brutalized and strangled in their own bedrooms. Kay Scarpetta, investigating the case, knows she must find some forensic evidence before the next killing. The author was previously an award-winning crime reporter.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
479 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-356-19073-0 (9780356190730)
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Patricia Cornwell is one of the world's major international best-selling authors, translated into thirty-six languages across more than fifty countries. She is a founder of the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine, a founding member of the National Forensic Academy, a member of the New York OCME Forensic Sciences Training Program's Advisory Board, and a member of the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital's National Council, where she is an advocate for psychiatric research. In 2008 Cornwell won the Galaxy British Book Awards' Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year - the first American ever to win this prestigious award. Her most recent bestsellers include Scarpetta, Book of the Dead and The Front. Her earlier works include Postmortem - the only novel to win five major crime awards in a single year - and Cruel and Unusual, which won the coveted Gold Dagger award in 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American writer.