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)