Patricia Cornwell
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Patricia Cornwell is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sensational murders in
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Postmortem (novel)
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Postmortem is a 1990 crime fiction novel by author Patricia Cornwell and her debut novel. The first novel of the Kay Scarpetta series, it received the 1991 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.
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…Department. Cornwell wrote three novels that she says were rejected before the publication in 1990 of the first installment of her Scarpetta series, Postmortem, based on real-life stranglings in Richmond in the summer of 1987. The novel won her various awards including the British John Creasey Award, the French…
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