Dark forces from Scarpetta's past rear their heads when a judge's sister is found murdered in this gripping instalment of Cornwell's mega-selling crime phenomenon.
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 tell-tale 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...
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9781408725849
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 260 g
Dimensions: 196 x 126 x 26 mm
I'm still seeing stars. A great thriller. One of the hardest things as a series writer is keeping your famous heroes fresh year after year. Kay Scarpetta is not only still fresh, she's the same grumpy, wonderful, riveting personality she's always been - a full-on human being - and she's only getting better with time. I love catching up with her every year - JAMES PATTERSON
Cornwell's on blistering form and this absorbing thriller will keep you hooked - SUN
Riveting - THE TIMES
Cornwell knows how to craft a mean page-turner and Livid is no exception - TELEGRAPH
More than thirty years and twenty-six Scarpetta books later, Cornwell is still knocking it out of the park - LOVEREADING
Gripping . . . Sound the klaxon, Patricia Cornwell's brilliant chief medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta is back - HEAT
Post-mortem scenes that [will] make fans of this long-running series salivate . . . Something to look forward to - KIRKUS
This is Scarpetta's 26th outing and the plotting remains every bit as fresh as when we were introduced to her - BELFAST TELEGRAPH
PRAISE FOR PATRICIA CORNWELL - -
One of the best crime writers writing today - GUARDIAN
Astonishing . . . Thirty years on, there's still no other crime writer like her - SUNDAY TIMES
The top gun in this field - DAILY TELEGRAPH
America's 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
Just as the trial is closing of Gilbert Hooke who’s accused of the murder of his fiancé April Tupelo, Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta is called to Chilton Farm, the residence of Judge Annie Chilton, whose... More
Patricia Cornwell is one of my favourite authors, and I have read most of her books over the years, so I was so excited to get this new book! I loved it a lot, and I was thrilled to be back with Kay Scarpetta, Pete... More
My thanks to Little, Brown Book Group U.K. Sphere for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘Livid’ by Patricia Cornwell.
This is Book 26 in Cornwell’s popular crime series featuring forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta. I have...
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