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By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 1999
Robbery, murder, incompetence and not enough parking spaces - just another day in the life of a big city's police…
department. Judy Hammer investigates as a virus crashes the police computer, freezing screens with a design of blue fish - the same one a gang called the Pikes claim is their symbol. Strong language. 1999.By Kathy Reichs. 2005
When an Orthodox Jew is found shot to death in Montreal, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is called in to figure…
out the puzzling damage to the corpse. Unexpectedly, a stranger slips her a photograph of a skeleton and assures her the picture is the key to the victim's death. Before she knows it, Tempe is involved in an international mystery as old as Jesus. 2005.By Mo Hayder. 2000
The Met's crack murder squad is called when five bodies are found, all young women, all ritualistically murdered, dumped on…
wasteland near the Millennium Dome. Detective Inspector Jack Caffrey, young, driven, unshockable, finds himself facing hostility within the force and echoes of his past. Tortured by a death long ago that he might have prevented, he now works around the clock, knowing that this sadistic killer will strike again. 2000.By Tess Gerritsen. 2004
Pathologist Maura Isles - an adopted child who never knew the identity of her birth parents - is confronted by…
the corpse of a murdered woman who is apparently her identical twin. She launches an investigation, together with Detective Jane Rizzoli, into her sister's past, following the trail to a state correctional facility and a schizophrenic inmate who may be her mother. This leads to a remote cabin in Maine, a killer who has been murdering expectant mothers for decades, making periodic sweeps of the country, and the kidnapping of an affluent pregnant housewife who is kept buried in a crude coffin. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2004.By Tess Gerritsen. 1997
The man Dr. Toby Harper admits to Springer Hospital is delirious and in a critical condition from an apparent viral…
infection of the brain. When he disappears without trace, a second delirious patient dies in hospital care. As Toby's hunt intensifies, and an unexpected tragedy hits close to home, she discovers the unthinkable: an evil, deadly purpose behind a terrifying epidemic.By Kathy Reichs. 2001
A plane crashes in the mountains of North Carolina and forensic scientist Tempe Brennan undertakes routine identification of the victims.…
The discovery of a severed foot well away from the main site suggests that apart from the air tragedy, another corpse lies hidden somewhere. 2001.By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2004
Former medical examiner Kay Scarpetta returns to Richmond, Virginia, to advise on the mysterious death of a teenage girl whose…
father is associated with Homeland Security. Meanwhile Kay's lover, Benton, and niece Lucy investigate another case - which later appears connected to Kay's. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. Bestseller. 2004. (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries ; 13)By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2000
In this sequel to "Black notice" (DC21800), Dr. Kay Scarpetta has escaped death from the serial killer "werewolf" and continues…
investigating crimes committed by his French syndicate. But then the doctor herself faces a murder accusation. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2000. (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries ; 12)By Tess Gerritsen. 2005
Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and pregnant detective Jane Rizzoli stumble upon human trafficking when they assist a young woman…
from Belarus. Jane's husband, FBI agent Gabriel Dean, uncovers the mastermind behind the international sex scandal after Jane is held hostage. Violence and strong language. Edgar Award finalist 2006. 2005.By Jeffery Deaver. 2001
Rhyme and Amelia are drafted in as forensic experts to help find two woman kidnapped by the Insect Boy. They…
manage to find him, then Amelia, convinced of his innocence, breaks him out of jail. Her actions are to have disastrous consequences. Sequel to “The coffin dancer”, followed by “The stone monkey“. 2001.By Jeffery Deaver. 1997
Lincoln Rhyme is one of the world's foremost forensic criminologists. He is also a quadriplegic, paralysed from the neck down.…
The cop who could once look at a crime scene and find the clues about a killer that no one else could see is now frozen in place, permanently. He is strapped in his bed and actually planning suicide when he gets a call he can't ignore from his old partner on the force. Followed by “The coffin dancer”. 1997.By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2003
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, forensics consultant, investigates the eight-year-old murder of a Louisiana socialite, while a serial killer is also operating…
there. Death-row maniac Jean-Baptiste Chandonne from "The Last Precinct" (EB68921) knows something about both situations and lures Kay to visit him. Bestseller. 2003.By Kathy Reichs. 2007
In South Carolina Dr. Tempe Brennan traces recent bones from a Native American burial ground to a medical clinic. When…
Tempe's estranged husband, Pete, moves back in town to research a missing person's case, Tempe suspects a connection between her investigation and his inquiry. Strong language, and descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2007. (Temperance Brennan mysteries ; 9)By Kathy Reichs. 1997
Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist in Montreal, is used to visiting recently discovered burial sites. But her newest case is…
different. The dismembered body and its decapitated head remind her of another case, and she is soon plunged into a frantic investigation to find a serial killer who is about to strike again. Strong language, descriptions of sex, and graphic descriptions of violence.