Identity Unknown: The gripping new Kay Scarpetta thriller for 2024 by Patricia C

Description: Identity Unknown by Patricia Cornwell The 120-million-copy bestseller returns with a gripping new thriller. Autopsies can reveal the deads secrets, and this victim is sending Kay Scarpetta a message... FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description THE THRILLING NEW KAY SCARPETTA MYSTERY FROM THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLERIconic. Bold. Brilliant. Identity Unknown is hauntingly original, impossibly clever and devilishly daring. Scalpel-sharp storytelling, trademark twists and characters that feel like family, this series is one of the all-time greats CHRIS WHITAKER, author of Sunday Times bestseller All the Colours of the DarkSummoned to an unnerving, abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is a man she once loved. While teaching in Rome during the early days of her career, Scarpetta had a love affair with acclaimed astrophysicist Sal Giordano that led to a lifelong friendship.The murder scene is bizarre, with a crop circle of petals around the body, and Giordanos skin is strangely red. Scarpettas niece Lucy believes he was dropped from an unidentified flying craft. Scarpetta knows an autopsy can reveal the deads secrets, but she is shocked to find her friend seems to have deliberately left her a clue.As the investigators are torn between suspicions of otherworldly forces, and of Giordano himself, Scarpetta detects an explanation closer to home that, in her mind, is far more evil . . .DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT SHAPED THE WORLD OF CRIME FICTIONOne of the best crime writers writing today GuardianThirty years on, theres still no other crime writer like her Sunday TimesForget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns MirrorIn a league of her own Heat Author Biography In 1990, Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, while working at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. An auspicious debut, it went on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity Awards, as well as the French Prix du Roman dAventures - the first book ever to claim all these distinctions in a single year. Growing into an international phenomenon, the Scarpetta series won Cornwell the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author, the Gold Dagger Award, the RBA Thriller Award, and the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters for her contributions to literary and artistic development.Today, Cornwells novels and iconic characters are known around the world. Beyond the Scarpetta series, Cornwell has written the definitive nonfiction account of Jack the Rippers identity, cookbooks, a childrens book, a biography of Ruth Graham, and three other fictional series based on the characters Win Garano, Andy Brazil, and Captain Callie Chase. Cornwell continues exploring the latest space-age technologies and threats relevant to contemporary life. Her interests range from the morgue to artificial intelligence and include visits to Interpol, the Pentagon, the U.S. Secret Service and NASA. Cornwell was born in Miami. She grew up in Montreat, North Carolina, and now lives and works in Boston. Review PRAISE FOR UNNATURAL DEATH * - *A chilling, thrilling, macabre masterpiece. Unnatural Death is Patricia Cornwell at her mesmerising finest. The best just got better -- CHRIS WHITAKERSinister, surprising and utterly unputdownable. Cornwell at her brilliant best -- M. J. ARLIDGEClassic Cornwell with an up-to-the-minute twenty-first-century plot - an intoxicating blend that proves Scarpetta is still queen of the autopsy and Cornwell is still queen of crime fiction. An utterly thrilling roller coaster ride -- ANDREA MARAAn especially good entry in the series * BOOKLIST *PRAISE FOR PATRICIA CORNWELL * - *One of the best crime writers writing today * GUARDIAN *Astonishing . . . Thirty years on, theres still no other crime writer like her * SUNDAY TIMES *The top gun in this field * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Americas most stimulating and chilling writer of crime fiction * THE TIMES *Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns * MIRROR *A pioneer of the genre of forensic psychological thriller * BBC *The Agatha Christie of the DNA age * EXPRESS *The queen of the forensic thriller * MAIL ON SUNDAY *Cutting-edge * SUN *When it comes to forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW *Slick, fast-paced and brilliant * HEAT *Iconic. Bold. Brilliant. Identity Unknown is hauntingly original, impossibly clever and devilishly daring. Scalpel-sharp storytelling, trademark twists and characters that feel like family, this series is one of the all-time greats -- CHRIS WHITAKERCombines nerve-jangling tension with stomach-turning physical detail . . . A thriller thats out of this world * THE TIMES *Another heart-stopping read * SUNDAY POST *Scarpetta is one of the best known heroines in crime fiction . . . Here Cornwell gives her some humanity in that she is called to examine the corpse of a man with whom she had an intense affair many year ago * DAILY MAIL *PRAISE FOR PATRICIA CORNWELL -- -Thirty years on, theres still no other crime writer like her * SUNDAY TIMES *One of the best crime writers writing today * GUARDIAN *Cornwell really is in a league of her own * HEAT *One of the all-time greats of this genre * SUN *Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns * MIRROR *The top gun in this field * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Americas most stimulating and chilling writer of crime fiction * THE TIMES *The Agatha Christie of the DNA age * EXPRESS *The queen of the forensic thriller * MAIL ON SUNDAY * Details ISBN1408732610 Author Patricia Cornwell Pages 400 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Series Kay Scarpetta Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781408732618 Format Hardcover Imprint Sphere Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience General ISBN-10 1408732610 Publication Date 2024-10-08 UK Release Date 2024-10-08 AU Release Date 2024-10-07 NZ Release Date 2024-10-07 Subtitle The gripping new Kay Scarpetta thriller for 2024 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161896804;

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