If You Like Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell gives us a strong character, Kay Scarpetta, whose role as forensic anthropologist pioneered a new perspective on crime and detection while capitalizing on the growing popularity of female detectives. Fans enjoy the wealth of scientific and medical details, and Cornwell's straightforward descriptions and explanations of the scientific data. Her fiction has complex plots, filled with satisfying twists. (goodreads.com)
 

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1. Blindsighted

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Author:
Slaughter, Karin, 1971-
Series:
Grant County series volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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NEXT IN SERIES: KISSCUT
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The mutilation murder of a young college professor paralyzes a tiny Georgian community. This hideous crime is the worst thing small-town pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton has ever seen--but only when the autopsy is complete is the intricate, terrible genius of a profoundly twisted psychopath truly revealed. As Sara's ex-husband--Heartsdale police chief Jeffrey Tolliver--pursues an elusive fiend, the victim's sister and the county's only detective,...

2. Déjà dead

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Author:
Reichs, Kathy
Series:
Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.6 stars
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NEXT IN SERIES: DEATH DU JOUR
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A killer in Montreal is murdering and dismembering women, and police are getting nowhere. Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, a middle-aged lady from North Carolina, goes after him herself.

3. New York dead

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Author:
Woods, Stuart
Series:
Stone Barrington novels volume 1.
Average Rating:
4 stars
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NEXT IN SERIES: DIRT
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On disability leave from the New York City Police Department, Detective Sergeant Stone Barrington witnesses the murder of network news star Sasha Nijinsky, who is pushed from her penthouse terrace