The Complete Patricia Cornwell Companion
by Glenn L. Feole (Editor), Don LASSETER (Author)
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One of today's hottest writers, Patricia Cornwell has pushed the envelope with her popular character Kay Scarpetta, her cutting-edge nonfiction work, Portrait of a Killer, and her own TV appearances covering investigations into Jack the Ripper and the mysterious death of Princess Diana. Now, devoted fans can delve into her life and work with this definitive guide. The Complete Patricia Cornwell Companion features: Book-by-book synopses with excerpts and little-known facts An examination of show more Cornwell's life, writing accomplishments, and forensic expertise Character portraits of both good guys and bad guys-from Kay Scarpetta, Pete Marino, and Andy Brazil to the cold-hearted killers A handy in-depth chronology of all her novels The many connections between the author's life history and her fascinating fiction A comprehensive list of settings-from Tangier Island to Paris Forensic detection "shop talk" and procedures show lessTags
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Indeholder "Foreword", "Introduction", "Part One: The Author", " The life of Patricia Cornwell", " Patricia Cornwell. Prose stylist", " Patricia Cornwell's works. A bibliography", "Part Two: The Main Characters", " Kay Scarpetta, master sleuth", " Pete Marino, disgruntled detective", " Lucy Farinelli, htgh-tech investigator", " The Andy Brazil series: a change of pace", " Relationships", "Part Three: A Dose of Reality", " Shop talk: The language of the medical examiner", " Forensics, firearms, and fingerprints", " That's a real killer", " Timelines: Chronologies of the Cornwell books", " Location, location, location", " Disasters and tragedies", " Celebrities", " Fine things", " Cop codes: ten-codes commonly used by public safety show more officers", " Patricia Cornwell and Jack the Ripper", "Part Four: Final Inventory", " People", " Places", " General concordance", " Death by the numbers. A statistical analysis of death in the Cornwell books", "Acknowledgements", "Index".
En oversigt over ting fra Patricia Cornwells bøger, specielt med Kay Scarpetta som hovedperson. show less
En oversigt over ting fra Patricia Cornwells bøger, specielt med Kay Scarpetta som hovedperson. show less
Apr 4, 2021 (Edited)Danish
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- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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- PS3553 .O692 .Z67 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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