1205 648220ef-2c3c-4b01-bdc2-b71f9a1fa1b4 Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell calibre (2.83.0) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 1991-01-02T06:00:00+00:00 <div><p>Now in a new premium edition, #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell’s suspense fiction classic, featuring gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta. </p><p>A reclusive author, Beryl Madison finds no safe haven from months of menacing phone calls—or the tormented feeling that her every move is being watched. When the writer is found slain in her own home, Kay Scarpetta pieces together the intricate forensic evidence—while unwittingly edging closer to a killer waiting in the shadows.</p><h3>From Publishers Weekly</h3><p>This second commanding thriller by the Edgar Award-winning author of Postmortem and featuring forensic sleuth Dr. Kay Scarpetta was a Mystery Guild main selection as well as a Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternate in cloth. $250,000 ad/promo. <br>Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p><h3>From Library Journal</h3><p>Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner of Virginia and heroine of Postmortem , gets involved in the case of a brutal stabbing death in Richmond of romance writer Beryl Madison. Now Madison's greedy lawyer accuses Scarpetta of losing his client's latest manuscript, an autobiographical expose of Beryl's early life as protege of a legendary novelist. As more deaths occur and the killer closes in on her, Kay suffers palpitations over the sudden and devious reappearance of long-lost lover Mark but still finds time to provide forensic details. Despite its foregone conclusion, a swift-moving, thrilling, and provocative second novel.<br>Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. </p></div> G. K. Hall c/barry-cork/endangered-species 132336 9780708930199 1439135711 w/endangered-species-barry-cork/1000756060 HXoHYAAACAAJ eng Mystery Thriller Suspense Contemporary Adult Medical Examiners (Law) Women Physicians Kay (Fictitious Character) Richmond (Va.) Scarpetta Forensic pathologists