Patricia Cornwell, Red Mist shows the ugly and depraved side of the human psyche. Kay Scarpetta receives an invitation from an inmate of the Georgia Prison for Women. Kay, against the advice of her husband and others, is determined to meet this woman who

I HOLD Patricia Cornwell solely responsible for my love of the crime thriller genre. I was just 12 when I read her first novel, Post Mortem, and since then I have been addicted to this genre, and in particular Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta series. Admittedly

By Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg Debut novelist Chris Pavone used Facebook to keep in touch with his pals when he lived in Luxembourg, which became the setting of his coming novel "The Expats." Now his publisher is counting on Facebook and other social-media s

CRIME BEAT: RED MIST (£18.99, Little, Brown) is the 19th novel to feature Patricia Cornwell’s renowned forensic pathologist, Kay Scarpetta. The novel opens with Scarpetta on her way to Georgia Prison for Women, to meet the mother of the woman who tried t

Determined to find out exactly what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, who was murdered six months ago, Kay is tricked into leaving Cambridge, Mass. , and going to the Georgia Prison for Women near Savannah. Kay is there to see inmate Kat

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