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Invited to witness the X-ray scanning of a mummy, medical examiner Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the mummy is actually a recent murder victim, and joins forces with Boston PD detective Jane Rizzoli in an investigation that uncovers other similar crimes.
23) Ice cold
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Stranded with her traveling companions in an eerily deserted Wyoming village during a blizzard, Maura discovers that they are being watched and pursues help when a party member is injured, an effort that turns nightmarish when she is abducted into the woods.
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Grant County volume 3
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English
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Sara Linton, medical examiner in a small Georgia town, is called to an apparent suicide on a college campus. But for Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, things don't add up.
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Zando
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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From the co-host of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid, a thrilling debut novel told from the dueling perspectives of a notorious serial killer and the medical examiner following where his trail of victims leads. Something dark is lurking in the Louisiana bayou: a methodical killer with a penchant for medical experimentation is hard at work completing his most harrowing crime yet, taunting the authorities who desperately try to catch up. But...
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2014
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English
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"Medical examiner Kat Novak fears that a serial killer is stalking the streets, using a deadly drug to do his dirty work. The police are skeptical. The mayor won't listen. Kat's chief suspect is a prominent citizen. As the death toll rises, Kat races to expose a deadly predator who is close enough to touch her"--
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns with the remarkable twenty-fourth thriller in her popular high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. In the quiet of twilight, on an early autumn day, twenty-six-year-old Elisa Vandersteel is killed while riding her bicycle along the Charles River. It appears she was struck by lightning--except the weather is perfectly clear with not a cloud in sight. Dr. Kay Scarpetta,...
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Scarpetta volume 25
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English
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Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta has come almost full circle, returning to Virginia as the chief medical examiner, the state where she launched her storied career. Finding herself the new girl in town once again after being away for many years, she's inherited not only an overbearing secretary, but also a legacy of neglect and potential corruption. She and her husband Benton Wesley, now a forensic psychologist with the U.S. Secret Service, have...
29) The sinner
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Not even the icy temperatures of a typical New England winter can match the bone-chilling scene of carnage discovered at the chapel of Our Lady of Divine Light. Within the cloistered convent lie two nunsone dead, one critically injuredvictims of an unspeakably savage attacker. The brutal crime appears to be without motive, but medical examiner Maura Isless autopsy of the dead woman yields a shocking surprise: Twenty-year-old...
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Scarpetta volume 5
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English
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Dr. Kay Scarpetta applies her forensic skills to solve the death of an eleven-year-old girl in North Carolina, a crime that appears to be the handiwork of Temple Gault.
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Scarpetta volume 6
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English
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Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner and consulting forensic pathologist for the FBI, is called in when a dead body is found naked in New York's Central Park, and the manner of death suggests that Temple Gault is back at work.
32) Deadly decisions
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Temperance Brennan volume 3
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English
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Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is fatally shot on a Montreal street. A North Carolina teenager disappears from her home, and parts of her skeleton are found hundreds of miles away. The shocking deaths propel Tempe Brennan from north to south, and deep into a shattering investigation inside the bizarre culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs -- where one misstep could bring disaster for herself or someone she loves.
33) Red mist
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The new Kay Scarpetta novel from the world's #1 bestselling crime writer. Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly killings. The murder of an Atlanta family years ago, a young woman on death row, and the inexplicable deaths of homeless people...
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Covenant
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Rebekah Smith, assistant to the state medical examiner in Salt Lake City, discovers disturbing elements when analyzing the corpse of a one-hundred-year-old woman. She was embalmed before anyone discovered she had passed away. Soon Rebekah and her boyfriend are uncovering shocking truths about bizarre deaths.
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Zeta negra volume 171
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Zeta Bolsillo
Pub. Date
2010.
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Español
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Forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta investigates the murder of U.S. tennis star Drew Martin, and soon discovers a connection between Martin's death, the death of an unidentified boy in South Carolina,and her old enemy psychiatrist Dr. Marilyn Self.
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Scarpetta volume 3
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English
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The bodies of young courting couples start turning up in remote woodland areas, and Dr. Kay Scarpetta's task as chief medical examiner is made more difficult by the elements, but when the latest girl to disappear turns out to be the daughter of one of the most powerful women in America, Kay finds herself prey to pressure and harassment.
37) Dark road home
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2016.
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The summer after she graduated from high school, Gin Sullivan's little sister Lily went missing. Her family fell apart, not to mention her relationship with her high school sweetheart, Jake. Now, almost twenty years later, Gin is living in Chicago and working as a medical examiner when she gets the call: a body's been found in the woods outside her small hometown. It could be her sister. After all these years, it's time for Gin to go home and face...
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Rizzoli and Isles novel volume 13
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English
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"Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are newly plagued by what seems like a completely senseless murder. Sofia Suarez, a widow and nurse who was universally liked by her neighbors, lies bludgeoned to death in her own home. But anything can happen behind closed doors, and Sofia seemed to have plenty of secrets in her last days, making covert phone calls to traceless burner phones. When Jane finally makes a connection...
39) When I'm dead
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Black Harbor novel volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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On a bone-chilling October night, Medical Examiner Rowan Winthorp investigates the death of her daughter's best friend. Hours later, the tragedy hits even closer to home when she makes a devastating discovery--her daughter, Chloe, is gone. But, not without a trace. A morbid mosaic of clues forces Rowan and her husband to question how deeply they really knew their daughter. As they work closely to peel back the layers of this case, they begin to unearth...
40) Unnatural death
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Scarpetta volume 27
Publisher
Grand Central
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement. The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence is terrifying and baffling, including a larger-than-life footprint. After one of the most frightening body retrievals of her career, Scarpetta must discover who would commit murders this savage, and why.
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