Livid : a Scarpetta novel

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Title:

Livid : a Scarpetta novel

Author:

Cornwell, Patricia Daniels, author.

Series:

Kay Scarpetta ;

Series Number:

Summary:

Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is the reluctant star witness in a sensational murder trial when she receives shocking news. The judge’s sister has been found dead. At first glance, it appears to be a home invasion, but then why was nothing stolen, and why is the garden strewn with dead plants and insects? Although there is no apparent cause of death, Scarpetta recognizes telltale signs of the unthinkable, and she knows the worst is yet to come. The forensic pathologist finds herself pitted against a powerful force that returns her to the past, and her time to catch the killer is running out . . . -- Amazon.

General Note:

Sequel to: Autopsy.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

351 pages ; 24 cm.

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

Medical examiners (Law) -- Fiction.

Forensic pathologists -- Fiction.

Women physicians -- Fiction.

Beauty contestants -- Fiction.

Judges -- Fiction.

Murder -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Virginia -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Grand Central Publishing,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9781538725160

Publication Information:

New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2022.

Call Number:

CORNWELL

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003635995	Adult Fiction	CORNWELL Patricia	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

In this thrilling installment of the #1 bestselling series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself a reluctant star witness in a sensational televised murder trial causing chaos in Old Town Alexandria with the threat of violent protests.

Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is the reluctant star witness in a sensational murder trial when she receives shocking news. The judge's sister has been found dead. At first glance, it appears to be a home invasion, but then why was nothing stolen, and why is the garden strewn with dead plants and insects?

Although there is no apparent cause of death, Scarpetta recognizes telltale signs of the unthinkable, and she knows the worst is yet to come. The forensic pathologist finds herself pitted against a powerful force that returns her to the past, and her time to catch the killer is running out . . .

Author Notes

Patricia Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida on June 9, 1956. When she was nine years old, her mother tried to give her and her two brothers to evangelist Billy Graham and his wife to care for. For a while the children lived with missionaries since their mother was unable to care for them.

After graduating from Davidson College in 1979, she worked for The Charlotte Observer eventually covering the police beat and winning an investigative reporting award from the North Carolina Press Association for a series of articles on prostitution and crime in downtown Charlotte. Her award-winning biography of Ruth Bell Graham, the wife of Billy Graham, A Time for Remembering, was published in 1983. From 1984 to 1990, she worked as a technical writer and a computer analyst at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. While working for the medical examiner, she began to write novels. Although the award-winning novel Postmortem was initially rejected by seven different publishers, once it was published in 1990 it became the only novel ever to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d'Adventure, in one year.

She is the author of the Kay Scarpetta series, the Andy Brazil series, and the Winston Garano series. She has also written two cookbooks entitled Scarpetta's Winter Table and Food to Die For; a children's book entitled Life's Little Fable; and non-fiction works like Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Bestseller Cornwell's solid 26th Kay Scarpetta novel (after 2021's Autopsy) opens with Kay, now Virginia's chief medical examiner, testifying at a controversial murder trial, which has attracted media attention thanks to the angry and vocal friends, family, and supporters of the victim, former beauty queen April Tupelo. No sooner has Kay left the courtroom than she's called to a crime scene. CIA employee Rachael Stanwyck, the sister of judge Annie Chilton, who's presiding over the Tupelo case, is lying dead on the kitchen floor of Annie's secluded country house. Kay is immediately struck by the eerie lack of bird, insect, and animal life surrounding the house, leading her colleague and brother-in-law, Pete Marino, to comment, "Is it just me? Or is something weird going on?" Another brutal death, a failed presidential assassination, a band of homegrown terrorists, and more all take their turn stirring the pot of weirdness. The story line at times gets lost amid extended descriptions of crime scene examinations and autopsy techniques, as well as interactions with difficult colleagues and Kay's eternally petulant sister. This fact-filled entry isn't Cornwell's best, but fans will be satisfied. (Oct.)

Library Journal Review

Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta testifies in a case, fumbled by the initial pathologist, concerning a drowned beauty queen whose fiancé is charged with her death. Then the judge's sister is murdered. With a 400,000-copy first printing.