Patricia Cornwell
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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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Patricia Cornwell
A Second Scarpetta Omnibus: Cruel and Unusual, The Body Farm, From Potter's Field (2000) 51 Exemplare
Four Scarpetta Novels (The Last Precinct / Blow Fly / Predator / Book of the Dead) (2009) 28 Exemplare
Patricia Cornwell CD Audio Treasury Volume Two: Postmortem | Body of Evidence [Abridged Audiobook] (2006) 14 Exemplare
Five Scarpetta Novels (Cause of Death, Unnatural Exposure, Point of Origin, Black Notice, and Trace) (2011) 8 Exemplare
Postmortem, Body of Evidence, All That Remains, Cruel and Unusual, The Body Farm, From Potter's Field, Cause of… (2007) 5 Exemplare
Caos. Un nuovo caso per Kay Scarpetta 3 Exemplare
Identity Unknown 2 Exemplare
Kein Titel 2 Exemplare
Second Chance Tuesday 2 Exemplare
Body of Evidence [Abridged Audiobook] 2 Exemplare
7 Patricial Cornwell Books--Portrait Of A Killer,Predator,Cause of Death,Isle of Dogs,Body of Evidence,Cause of… (2003) 2 Exemplare
Split Image (2010) 1 Exemplar
The Body Farm Bok # 5 1 Exemplar
Ripper - The Secret Life of Walter Sickert r 1 Exemplar
Lavoura de Corpos 1 Exemplar
NE RREZIK 1 Exemplar
By Patricia Cornwell: Black Notice 1 Exemplar
Elore megfontolt szandekkal 1 Exemplar
Kay Scarpetta Series 11-15: 5 Books Collection Set By Patricia Cornwell (The Last Precinct, Blow Fly, Trace, Predator,… (2020) 1 Exemplar
Cruel and Unusual / Cause of Death 1 Exemplar
Touch of Darkness 1 Exemplar
Star Quest 1 Exemplar
From Potter's Field Book #6 1 Exemplar
Body Of Evidence 1 Exemplar
Kalmankalpea 1 Exemplar
Die besten Fälle von Kay Scarpetta - 15 CDs: Brandherd / Das letzte Revier / Tote ohne Namen (2008) 1 Exemplar
Kay Scarpetta Series 1-5 Collection 5 Books Set By Patricia Cornwell (Postmortem, Body Of Evidence, All That Remains,… (2022) 1 Exemplar
La Huella =Libro electrónico= 1 Exemplar
Link 1 Exemplar
Konseki 1 (痕跡 上) 1 Exemplar
Post Mortem [abridged audiobook] 1 Exemplar
Cruel and Unusual [abridged audiobook] 1 Exemplar
Personalities along the track...: Gladstone's tribute to our railway workers (2001) — Herausgeber — 1 Exemplar
Harlequin 1 Exemplar
The Last Precinct / Predator 1 Exemplar
Trace / Predator 1 Exemplar
Cornwell Patricia 1 Exemplar
Book 4 1 Exemplar
Scarpetta, Part 1 1 Exemplar
Scarpetta, Part 2 1 Exemplar
Konseki 2 (痕跡 下) 1 Exemplar
Cadavere Non Identificato 1 Exemplar
Scarpetta (1-16 titles in the series) 1 Exemplar
Portrait of a Killer 1 Exemplar
Predator, Part 1 1 Exemplar
Kay Scarpetta Series 6-15: 10 Books Collection Set By Patricia Cornwell (From Potter's Field, Cause Of Death,Unnatural… (2020) 1 Exemplar
8 Volume Collection (Set) of Patricia Cornwell Novels Including: Scarpetta, Cause of Death, Southern Cross, the Front,… (1995) 1 Exemplar
Scarpetta Series Books 1-6, by Patricia Cornwell (Postmortem, Body of Evidence, All That Remains, Cruel & Unusual, The… (1990) 1 Exemplar
Predator, Part 2 1 Exemplar
Point Of Sale Book # ( 1 Exemplar
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The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Mitwirkender — 389 Exemplare
Black Notice; Eddie's Bastard; Boundry Waters; The Innocents Within (2000) — Mitwirkender — 43 Exemplare
Time Life Book Digest: It Doesn't Take a Hero / All That Remains / Honest Illusions / Double Deuce (1992) 2 Exemplare
*4* Thrillers: Clive Cusler ("Fire Ice"); Dale Brown ("Sky Masters"); Lisa Scottoline ("Running from the Law"); and… — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Det Bästas Bokval (2003) vol 226: Tango Ett; Islossning; Mörkrets makt; Det förflutnas landskap — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Cornwell, Patricia
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Cornwell, Patricia Carroll Daniels
- Andere Namen
- קורנוול, פטרישה דניאלס
- Geburtstag
- 1956-06-09
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Wohnorte
- Miami, Florida, USA
Montreat, North Carolina, USA
New York, New York, USA - Ausbildung
- Davidson College (BA ∙ English)
- Berufe
- Reporterin
Technische Autorin (Office of Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia)
Computeranalystin - Beziehungen
- Gruber, Staci (spouse)
- Kurzbiographie
- Her first crime novel, Postmortem, was published by Scribner’s in 1990. Initially rejected by seven major publishing houses, it became the first novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure in a single year. In Postmortem, Cornwell introduced Dr. Kay Scarpetta as the intrepid Chief Medical Examiner of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 1999, Dr. Scarpetta herself won the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author
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Es ist ein wenig seltsam den ersten Band einer Reihe zu erleben, der schon vor zig Jahren erschienen ist. Da ich schon einige Bücher aus der Reihe kenne, ist es aber interessant, zu erfahren, wie Pete und Kay damals zusammengetroffen sind. Der Schreibstil der Autorin Patricia Cornwell ist wie immer gut verständlich und recht sachlich. Allerdings finde ich, dass einiges doch sehr langatmig beschrieben ist.
Kay Scarpetta ist eine sympathische und clevere Frau, die es nicht einfach hat in einem männerdominierten Umfeld. Sie kann nicht aufhören nachzuforschen, bis alles geklärt ist, denn sie will, dass den Opfern Gerechtigkeit widerfährt. Sie versucht ihren Job und ihr Privatleben zu koordinieren, was mit einigen Schwierigkeiten verbunden ist. Auch ihre Nichte Lucy gefällt mir gut. Pete Marino ist ebenfalls ein interessanter Typ.
Es ist alles in allem ein spannender Fall, bei dem es mehrere Verdächtige gibt. Erst kurz vor dem Ende taucht der Täter recht unvermittelt auf. Außerdem gibt es jemanden, der in Kays Computer spioniert und ihre Untersuchungen behindert.
Die Sprecherin Kaja Sesterhenn hat eine angenehme Stimme und liest in einem ordentlichen Tempo, allerdings bei den Dialogen hapert es schonmal.
Ein spannender, manchmal etwas brutaler Krimi.… (mehr)