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The skin collector (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #11.)
By Jeffery Deaver. 2015
A new type of serial killer is stalking the streets of New York - one more devious and disturbing than…
ever before. They call this butcher The Skin Collector: a tattooist with a chamber of torture hidden deep underground. But instead of using ink to create each masterpiece, the artist uses a lethal poison which will render targets dead before they can even entertain the prospect of escape. Drafted in to investigate, NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme and his associate Amelia Sachs have little to go on but a series of cryptic messages left etched into the skin of the deceased. 2015.The Scarpetta factor (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries. #17.)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2009
It is the week before Christmas. The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her…
services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of dramatic and unsettling events. Sequel to "Scarpetta", followed by "Port Mortuary". 2009.Bones are forever: A Novel (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery. #15.)
By Kathy Reichs. 2012
A hospital report sends forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan to a patient’s apartment, where she finds the corpses of three newborns.…
Tempe and her two ex-lovers search for the infants’ mother. In remote Northern Canada the investigators stumble upon a related mystery involving diamond rights. Strong language and some violence. 2012. (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery ; 15)Flash and bones: A Novel (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery.)
By Kathy Reichs. 2011
Charlotte, North Carolina. As NASCAR enthusiasts arrive for Race Week, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is asked to identify the body…
found by the speedway. Brennan’s unofficial investigation leads to a long-missing female race-car driver and her boyfriend. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and explicit descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2011. (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery)Spider bones: a novel (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery)
By Kathy Reichs. 2010
Medical examiner Temperance Brennan and her daughter, along with Brennan's ex-lover and his daughter, become entangled in a case where…
past and present collide. Three bodies are identified as John Lowery - an American soldier declared dead in 1968 in Vietnam. Violence. Bestseller. 2010. (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery)Port mortuary (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries. #18.)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2010
Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of 'virtual autopsy' - a groundbreaking procedure…
that could soon revolutionise forensic science. And it is not too long before these new skills urgently need to be put into practice. A young man drops dead, apparently from a heart condition, eerily close to Scarpetta's home. But when his body is examined the next morning, there are stunning indications that he may have been alive when he was zipped inside a pouch and locked inside the cooler. Sequel to "The Scarpetta factor", followed by "Red mist". 2010.Red mist (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries. #19.)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2011
Kay Scarpetta has arranged to meet an inmate at the high-security Georgia Prison for Women. Against advice, she is determined…
to hear this woman out - she believes the prisoner may hold some answers to the murder of her former deputy. But soon she finds connections to a string of grisly killings. Sequel to "Port Mortuary", followed by "The bone bed". 2011.Book of the dead (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries ; #15)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2007
Dr. Kay Scarpetta leaves Florida and moves to Charleston, South Carolina, to open a private forensic pathologist practice along with…
niece Lucy and investigator Pete Marino. The team takes on the case of a teenaged tennis star murdered in Rome. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2007. (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries ; 15)Bones never lie (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery. #17.)
By Kathy Reichs. 2014
For a decade, Temperance Brennan has been haunted by the one who got away. The killer of young women. The…
monster. And the one who has now come back. Feeding on fear, grief, and rage. Killing again. Killing girls. Getting closer. Coming for Tempe. 2014.Fatal voyage (Temperance Brennan Ser. #No. 4)
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.Trace (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries. book XIII #No. 13)
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)The last precinct (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries. #12.)
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)Vanish: a novel (Rizzoli And Isles Ser. #Bk. 5)
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.The empty chair (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #3)
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.The bone collector (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #1)
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.Blow fly (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries ; #12)
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.Voyage fatal: roman (Best-sellers)
By Kathy Reichs, Viviane Mikhalkov. 2002
Un avion vient de s'écraser au coeur des Smoky Mountains, en Caroline du Nord, faisant 88 victimes. Parmi les corps,…
on trouve un pied n'appartenant à aucun des passagers. L'enquête mène Temperance Brennan vers un mystérieux chalet et sur la piste d'une société secrète impliquant des personnalités locales. Livre comportant de la violence et du langage grossier. 2002. Titre uniforme: Fatal voyage.Unnatural exposure (Kay Scarpetta ; #8)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 1998
Dublin, Ireland and Richmond, Virginia: separated by thousands of miles - linked by murder. Dr Kay Scarpetta is sure the…
nine murders are connected - but the tenth is different. A copy cat maybe. But Scarpetta is not happy with the investigation nor with the strange messages that start appearing on her computer. Sequel to "Cause of death" (DC15265). Strong language. 1998. (Kay Scarpetta ; 8)Une mort sans nom
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Hélène Narbonne. 1996
Une jeune femme est retrouvée nue, adossée à une fontaine de Central Park, à New York. Les recherches concernant son…
identité restent vaines. En revanche, Kay Scarpetta, Marino et Wesley devinent rapidement celle du tueur : Temple Gault. Mais le choix de la ville, de la victime et le changement de modus operandi les laissent perplexes. L'autopsie ne révélant aucune trace de contrainte, ils ne comprennent pas pourquoi la jeune femme a accepté de se déshabiller par ce froid glacial. Scarpetta lutte contre le découragement. A l'exception des dents de la victime, soignées de manière inhabituelle, les indices sont bien minces. Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle et de violence, et quelques passages où le langage est grossier. 1996. Titre uniforme: From Potter's field.Traînée de poudre (Enquête de Kay Scarpetta. #21.)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Andrea H Japp. 2013
Peu après une tuerie de masse, Kay Scarpetta apprend qu'une jeune femme vient d'être retrouvée morte sur le campus d'un…
institut de technologie à Boston. Le cadavre est recouvert d'un étrange résidu phosphorescent. Deux semaines plus tard, un procès devait avoir lieu entre la victime et la société fiduciaire Double S. Suite de "Vent de glace", suivi de "Monnaie de sang". 2014, c2013. Titre uniforme: Dust.