{"title":"Patricia Cornwell","description":"Patricia Cornwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and widely considered one of the world's top crime writers. In 1990,  Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, while working at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. An auspicious debut, it went on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity Awards, as well as the French Prix du Roman d'Aventures--the first book ever to claim all these distinctions in a single year. Growing into an international phenomenon, the Scarpetta series won Cornwell the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author, the Gold Dagger Award, the RBA Thriller Award, and the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters for her contributions to literary and artistic development.  Today, Cornwell's novels and iconic characters are known around the world. Beyond the Scarpetta series, Cornwell has written the definitive nonfiction account of Jack the Ripper's identity, cookbooks, a children's book, a biography of Ruth Graham, and three other fictional series based on the characters Win Garano, Andy Brazil, and Captain Calli Chase. Cornwell continues exploring the latest space-age technologies and threats relevant to contemporary life. Her interests range from the morgue to artificial intelligence and include visits to Interpol, the Pentagon, the U.S. Secret Service, and NASA.  Cornwell was born in Miami. She grew up in Montreat, North Carolina, and now lives and works in Boston.","products":[{"product_id":"sharp-force-hardcover","title":"Sharp Force - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, a serial killer wreaks havoc on Northern Virginia, appearing as a ghostly apparition before striking--and Kay Scarpetta must avoid becoming their next victim, with SCARPETTA soon to be a streaming series starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE SERIAL KILLER \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOT EVEN SCARPETTA...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher has struck again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The serial killer has terrorized Northern Virginia for months. His pattern is to stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables him to invade his victims' homes and watch their every move. They wake up to a ghost-like hologram before being murdered in their beds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Scarpetta is summoned to Mercy Island, the site of a notorious psychiatric hospital where two people have been brutalized, one of them from Scarpetta's past. It soon becomes apparent that she could be next...","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101172109535,"sku":"9781538773963","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/8LzH04G8B-9781538773963.webp?v=1781068401"},{"product_id":"identity-unknown-paperback","title":"Identity Unknown - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a bestselling author, a \"hauntingly original, impossibly clever and devilishly daring\" thriller in which Scarpetta receives a message from beyond the grave...(Chris Whitaker, author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Colors of the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Identity Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e is hauntingly original, impossibly clever and devilishly daring.\" - Chris Whitaker \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAutopsies can reveal the secrets of the dead.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd this victim is sending Scarpetta a message...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Summoned to an abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr. Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is a man she once had an intense love affair with. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The murder scene is bizarre, with a crop circle of petals around the body, and Giordano's skin is strangely red. Scarpetta's niece Lucy believes he was dropped from an unidentified flying craft. Scarpetta knows an autopsy can reveal the dead's secrets, but she is shocked to find her friend seems to have deliberately left her a clue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the investigators are torn between suspicions of otherworldly forces, and of Giordano himself, Scarpetta detects an explanation closer to home that, in her mind, is far more evil...","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101229191391,"sku":"9781538770405","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/GjFLiGqU769781538770405.webp?v=1781068513"},{"product_id":"livid-a-scarpetta-novel-paperback","title":"Livid: A Scarpetta Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this thrilling installment of the #1 bestselling series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself a reluctant star witness in a sensational televised murder trial causing chaos in Old Town Alexandria with the threat of violent protests, with SCARPETTA soon to be a streaming series starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e Although there is no apparent cause of death, Scarpetta recognizes telltale 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 . . . \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101895921887,"sku":"9781538782095","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/6gPcP1ka7Y9781538782095.webp?v=1781075844"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/patricia-cornwell.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}