Podcasts about Kay Scarpetta

In this week's episode, our host Victoria Carthew sits down with Patricia Cornwell to talk about her latest book, “Identity Unknown”.Dr Kay Scarpetta is back and devastated to learn that the murder victim is a man she once loved. Summoned to a theme park to collect the body, Scarpetta finds a bizarre scene with a crop circle of petals, his skin strangely red and is shocked to discover her friend seems to have deliberately left her a clue. As the investigators are torn between suspicions of otherworldly forces, Scarpetta detects an explanation closer to home that, in her mind, is far more evil.To order “Identity Unknown”, you can visit QBD Books in-store or online here: ???Follow along with QBD Books here: QBD Books on Facebook: www.facebook.com/qbdbooks QBD Books on Instagram: www.instagram.com/qbdbooks QBD Books on Tik Tok: www.tiktok.com/@qbdbooksaustralia QBD Books on Twitter: www.twitter.com/qbdbooks

Author: Patricia Cornwell Book: IDENTITY UNKNOWN: A Scarpetta Novel Publishing: ‎ Grand Central Publishing (October 8, 2024) Synopsis (from the Publisher): Autopsies can reveal the secrets of the dead. And this victim is sending Scarpetta a message… Summoned to an unnerving, abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that […] The post PATRICIA CORNWELL – IDENTITY UNKNOWN: A Scarpetta Novel appeared first on KSCJ 1360.

Everyone loves a gripping tale of intrigue and suspense. And few writers can claim to keep millions of readers (actually, over 120 million of us) eagerly turning pages like bestselling author, Patricia Cornwell. Patricia has just added another book to her already impressive list. It's called Identity Unknown and she's joining us to share all about it. If you love a great tale told by a master storyteller, you won't want to miss hearing what this famous author has to share!

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No. 1 New York Times Bestselling author PATRICIA CORNWELL returns to BOOKSTORM Podcast to discuss IDENTITY UNKNOWN, her newest novel in the blockbuster Dr. Kay Scarpetta novels! This amazing series is about to launch on Amazon with an outstanding cast, including: Nicole Kidman (as Kay), Jamie Lee Curtis (Kay's sister, Dorothy), and Bobby Cannavale (as former detective Pete Marino)! Before she wrote, Patricia asked herself what makes her wonder ... and then she  enthralled us with her plot about unnatural phenomena and our present reality. We asked her about the importance of the heart-felt, heart-broken and heart-healing relationships that she weaves into these characters. Is love a mystery all its own? We discussed the otherworldly things happening in the background of this story, including "the others." Is the evil we know -- ourselves -- the one that should concern us the most? Patricia address AI and our constantly evolving technologies, especially in forensics. And of course we talked about the victim: the brilliant Sal Dante Giordano. He was an Italian astrophysicist and inventor ... and Dr. Kay Scarpetta's lifelong friend. He evokes the Renaissance polymaths of the past. We went as deep as we went high into the cosmos! You can find more of your favorite bestselling authors at BOOKSTORM Podcast! We're also on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube!

Trish and Lorraine take you inside the remarkable world of crime writer extraordinaire Patricia Cornwell - from her challenging upbringing and complex relationship with her mother, through depression and an eating disorder, into the world of morgues, serial killers & the FBI. Discover what lies behind the 68-year old's success and joie de vivre, what she thinks about Nicole Kidman playing Dr Kay Scarpetta and why trusting your gut could just save your life. Plus: Teens behaving beautifully - the moments that make you realise you've made a great human beingCome and see us for FREE! Tuesday 15th October at Leicester Square Theatre, LondonDiscover our content website & sign up for our newsletters : Postcards From Lorraine & TrishContact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.comFollow us on Instragram: @postcardsfrommidlifeJoin our private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/681448662400206/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet the MASTERMIND Behind NY Times Bestsellers Patricia Cornwell #patriciacornwell #identityunknown #nytimesbestsellingauthor 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. 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.

Patricia Cornwell's books have sold over 120 million copies in thirty-six languages in over 120 countries. She's authored dozens of New York Times bestsellers. For over thirty years her protagonist, the forensic scientist Kay Scarpetta has been investigating murders across America, tracking down criminals by analysing evidence left on the bodies of victims. Cornwell has won the Sherlock Award, 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. She's also authored two books on the identity of Jack the Ripper. Her latest Kay Scarpetta novel is Unnatural Death.Patricia talks to John Wilson about her challenging childhood and upbringing in North Carolina. She reveals the influence of two works of literature on her own writing; Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, an ancestor of Cornwell's; and William Golding's Lord of the Flies. She also talks about her interest in the Parthenon Sculptures and her fascination with the identity of Jack the Ripper.Producer: Edwina Pitman

Patricia Cornwell has sold over 100 million books. in thirty-six languages in over 120 countries. She's authored twenty-nine New York Times bestsellers. Her thriller novels center primarily on medical examiner Kay Scarpetta along with her tech-savvy niece Lucy and fellow investigator Pete Marino. Celebrating 25 years, these characters have grown into an international phenomenon, winning Cornwell worldwide acclaim. In UNNATURAL DEATH, Medical Examiner, Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the mauled remains of two off-the-grid campers wanted by federal law enforcement. The victims have been savaged beyond recognition and evidence at the crime scene is baffling, including a larger-than-life footprint that raises more questions than answers. Who—or what—killed these two people in the middle of nowhere? Are the murders tied to the victims' illegal activities, or is something more sinister at hand? After the most frightening body retrievals of her career, including a body thrown down an abandoned mineshaft, Scarpetta must discover who committed these murders and why before anyone else ends up dead. Working closely with her Secret Service niece Lucy, the FBI, and her own staff, Scarpetta is once again at the center of a media firestorm as they work against the clock to solve one of the most challenging cases of her entire career.

Mentioned in this episode:the blog post where I describe my 23 goals for 2023my YouTube channel where I talk about books and readingconnect with me on Goodreadsthe Book of the Month club listthe Kay Scarpetta seriesthe Stormlight Archive seriesthe Anne of Green Gables seriesa previous podcast episode about earning an MS degreea previous episode about taking on new responsibilities at workDebbie Millman's the Remarkable Life DeckLearn more about my products and services:my 1:1 coaching practicemy coach training programProlific, my online community devoted to meaningful productivitythe Blend by Design online coursethe SoTL by Design online coursePlease offer your feedback about the show or ideas for future episodes and topics by emailing me. You can also come find me on Instagram!If you listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, please take a moment to rate and/or review the show.

If you haven't heard of Patricia Cornwell you've never been to a bookstore, or an airport, or a library…heck. She is everywhere and there is a reason for that. Prolific AND talented, she has written 27 mystery novels centered around her medical examiner heroine, Kay Scarpetta, and she shows no sign of stopping. We talk about what it's like to create and shepherd a character like Scarpetta, and what keeps her going. We then have a brief talk about our favorite books of the year. We hope you will join us. Books mentioned in this week's episode: Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell From Potter's Field by Patricia Cornwell Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell Black Notice by Patricia Cornwell Scarpetta's Winter Table by Patricia Cornwell Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell Dust by Patricia Cornwell Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell Depraved Heart by Patricia Cornwell Chaos by Patricia Cornwell Autopsy by Patricia Cornwell Livid by Patricia Cornwell Unnatural Death by Patricia Cornwell Portrait of a Killer by Patricia Cornwell The Last Precinct by Patricia Cornwell Predator by Patricia Cornwell Spin by Patricia Cornwell Quantum by Patricia Cornwell The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Paved Paradise by Henry Grabar Absolution by Alice McDermott The General and Julia by Jon Clinch Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers Central Park West by James Comey Swamp Story by Dave Barry A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author: Patricia Cornwell Book: UNNATURAL DEATH: A Scarpetta Novel Publishing: Grand Central Publishing (November 28, 2023) Synopsis (from the Publisher): Two mauled bodies in the woods. Top secret autopsies. The most chilling cases of Scarpetta's career. In this thrilling new installment of Patricia Cornwell's #1 bestselling Scarpetta series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in […] The post PATRICIA CORNWELL – UNNATURAL DEATH: A Scarpetta Novel appeared first on KSCJ 1360.

Two mauled bodies in the woods. Top secret autopsies. The most chilling cases of Scarpetta's career.In this thrilling new installment of Patricia Cornwell's #1 bestselling Scarpetta series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement. The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence is terrifying and baffling, including a larger-than-life footprint.  After one of the most frightening body retrievals of her career, Scarpetta must discover who would commit murders this savage, and why.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patricia Cornwell: anejo tequilaPatricia reveals that one of the most famous characters in all of fiction, Kay Scarpetta, will soon be portrayed by Nicole Kidman, shares never-before-told stories of her childhood and the difficult times during her mother's mental illness, paying her dues in the office of the Chief Medical Examiner in VA which brought so much of forensic science to literature and film, why outlining books doesn't work for her, the ups and downs of her life with Billy and Ruth Bell Graham, the problem with the 3rd-person omniscient narrator when it comes to her novels, how she persevered through the rejection of many attempts at a novel early in her career, and describes the comfort and beauty of what she and Kay Scarpetta find in a good marriage.

My guest this week is the crime writing legend, Patricia Cornwell. Patricia wrote her first novel about forensic pathologist kay scarpetta in 1990. Called Postmortem, it was such a hit it became the first book ever to win all four major crime awards on both sides of the Atlantic in the same year. (It also scared the bejesus out of me.) But Kay Scarpetta was more than a hit, she was a breakthrough. Because mad as it might sound now, if you were looking for a crime novel where the female characters were actually alive in the late 1980s, you weren't exactly spoilt for choice.Now 39 books and 100 million copies later, Patricia's 27th Kay Scarpetta novel, Unnatural Death, is about to hit bookshops and the one and only Jamie Lee Curtis is bringing her to our screens.Patricia zoomed from her home in Boston, where she lives with her wife Staci to talk about, well, everything. We ran the full gamut from gun crime and serial killers to how writing books enabled her to take back control after a difficult childhood, feeling like a failure and the danger of self-loathing. We also discussed how she narrowly escaped being a minister's wife, marriage second time around and the enormous debt she owes Jamie Lee Curtis. If you loved this episode, you might also like my conversations with Val McDermid and Barbara Kingsolver.* You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at The Shift bookshop on Bookshop.org, including Unnatural Death by Patricia Cornwell and the book that inspired this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too, by me.* And if you'd like to support the work that goes into making this podcast and get a weekly newsletter plus loads more content including exclusive transcripts of the podcast, why not join The Shift community, come and have a look around at www.theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com• The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Juliette Nicholls @ Pineapple Audio Production. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate/review/follow as it really does help other people find us. And let me know what you think on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The NY Times Bestselling author with over 100 million books sold, Patricia Cornwell, joins BOOKSTORM! Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in the Virginia wilderness examining the mauled remains of two off-the-grid campers wanted by Federal Law Enforcement! With the most frightening body retrievals of her career and a larger than life footprint, Scarpetta must solve this crime before anyone else comes up dead! Topics: The vivid details and importance of crime scene finds and autopsy! The danger of wanting to believe something is real. Dissecting the psychopathic personality. Artificial Intelligence. Larger forces who seek to destabilize society by tapping into discontent and more!You can find more of your favorite bestselling authors at BOOKSTORM Podcast! We're also on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube!

Welcome to the 158th episode of The Thriller Zone Podcast, where we delve into the minds of the greatest crime and thriller fiction authors of our time. Today, we have the immense pleasure of sitting down with the legendary Patricia Cornwell, the mastermind behind the gripping Kay Scarpetta series. From her humble beginnings as a computer analyst to becoming a best-selling author, Cornwell's journey is as fascinating as the characters she brings to life. In this episode, we'll take a deep dive into the world of forensic crime fiction, exploring the inner workings of Cornwell's mind and the secrets behind her captivating storytelling. So, kick back and enjoy 30 minutes with one of the finest authors crafting thrillers today, and bear with me as I "geek out" over an amazing talent whom I've enjoyed reading for decades.Patricia Cornwell: From Computer Analyst to Best-Selling AuthorPatricia Cornwell's journey from computer analyst to best-selling author is a remarkable story of career transition and the pursuit of one's passion. With a background in computer analysis, Cornwell brought a unique perspective and set of skills to her writing career.Her success as a best-selling author, with over 100 million books sold worldwide, is a testament to her talent, hard work, and determination. Cornwell's ability to combine her analytical mindset with her creativity has resulted in compelling and engaging storytelling that captivates readers.Not only did Cornwell's background in computer analysis shape her writing process, but it also influenced the themes and subject matter of her novels. Her experience in the field of forensics and crime analysis adds depth and authenticity to her work, making her novels stand out in the genre of thriller fiction.Cornwell's story serves as a reminder that it's never too late to pursue your passion and make a successful career change. She embraced new opportunities and was open to exploring different paths in life, ultimately finding her true calling as a writer.The Kay Scarpetta series, written by Patricia Cornwell, is a captivating and thrilling crime fiction series that has captured the attention of readers worldwide. Set in Richmond, Virginia, the series revolves around a series of murders involving young couples.At the center of the series is Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a forensic pathologist who is determined to find the killer and bring them to justice. With her expertise in forensic science and her unwavering determination, Scarpetta follows the path of evidence, using her own instincts to find a murderer who is just as skilled at leaving no trace as she is at finding them.One of the standout features of the Kay Scarpetta series is Cornwell's attention to detail in forensic science. The series dives deep into the intricacies of crime scene investigations, providing readers with a realistic portrayal of the field. This level of accuracy has been praised by both fans and critics alike, adding to the authenticity and suspense of the series.Cornwell's writing style keeps readers on the edge of their seats, with twists and turns that keep them guessing until the very end. The series explores themes of justice, morality, and the dark side of human nature, adding depth and complexity to the narrative.Kay Scarpetta herself is a strong and complex character, who uses her intelligence and skills to solve the most challenging cases. Her determination and resilience make her a compelling protagonist, and readers are drawn to her unwavering pursuit of justice.With over 100 million books sold worldwide, the Kay Scarpetta series has garnered a loyal fanbase and has been praised by critics for its compelling storytelling and well-developed characters. It has even been adapted into a television series, further cementing its popularity among crime fiction enthusiasts.For fans of crime fiction and suspenseful thrillers, the Kay Scarpetta series is a gripping and addictive read. From the first novel, "Postmortem," to the latest release, readers are taken on an epic journey through the dark underbelly of Richmond, Virginia's crime scene. For those who are new to the series, now is the perfect time to dive in and experience the thrill of Patricia Cornwell's masterful storytelling.Be sure to follow Patricia Cornwell on social media for Q&A sessions, updates on new releases, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into the world of Kay Scarpetta. And don't forget to pre-order UNNATURAL DEATH here: https://linktr.ee/unnaturaldeathCornwell's expertise in forensic science shines through in her novels, and readers can trust that they are in the hands of a master storyteller who knows how to keep them on the edge of their seats. The Kay Scarpetta series has captivated audiences for years, and "Unnatural Death" promises to be another epic addition to the series. Something I was thrilled to learn was how Cornwell's series would be turned into a television series  for Amazon Studios, starring Nicole Kidman as Scarpetta, and Jamie Lee Curtis. If you'd like to read the entire Deadline article, just GO HERE  (Source: https://deadline.com/2023/02/nicole-kidman-jamie-lee-curtis-star-ep-patricia-cornwell-kay-scarpetta-series-dorothy-amazon-blumhouse-liz-sarnoff-1235252848)Mark your calendars for November 28th when "Unnatural Death" hits shelves. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to the series, get ready to be enthralled by the gripping world of Kay Scarpetta and her relentless pursuit of justice.Today's episode has been nothing shy of a genuine honor as I was given a front row seat into one of the greatest thriller fiction writers in the world. I hope you had fun delving into the mind of this brilliant author, while unraveling some of the secrets behind her thrilling storytelling. I hope you have enjoyed this episode as much as I did, and you can rest assured that I look forward to bringing you more captivating conversations with the greatest crime and thriller fiction authors of our time. To learn more, visit PatriciaCornwell.com and as always Follow, Share & Subscribe to TheThrillerZone.com, YouTube.com/thethrillerzone, and listen to us wherever you get your podcasts. Until next time, stay tuned for your front-row seat to the best thriller writers in the world with me, David Temple for another episode of The Thriller Zone!. . . . . . . . .For A Limited Only: See Patricia LIVE* and in person with Jamie Lee Curtis on Friday, December 1st at 7PM at Zipper Concert Hall at The Colburn School of Music, 200 South Grand Ave, LA, CA 90012.  *Get Tickets Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/patricia-cornwell-with-jamie-lee-curtis-discusses-unnatural-death-tickets-749623182117?aff=oddtdtcreatorSources:Home | Patricia Cornwell | Best-Selling AuthorKay Scarpetta Books in Order - Read This TwiceKay Scarpetta confronts Bigfoot clue in excerpt from Patricia Cornwell's Unnatural Death

Mentioned in this episode:a blog post where I debrief my annual goalsmy YouTube channelconnect with me on Goodreadsthe Book of the Month club listthe Kay Scarpetta seriesthe Stormlight Archive seriesthe Anne of Green Gables seriesDebbie Millman's the Remarkable Life DeckLearn more about my products and services:my 1:1 coaching practicemy coach training programProlific, my online community devoted to meaningful productivitythe Blend by Design online coursethe SoTL by Design online coursePlease offer your feedback about the show or ideas for future episodes and topics by emailing me. You can also come find me on Instagram!If you listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, please take a moment to rate and/or review the show.

Patricia Cornwell became successful at writing crime novels because she knew what she was writing about.  She had been a journalist covering crime when she took a job in the office of the Chief Medical Officer of Virginia. Her first hand experience lead to the writing of the Kay Scarpetta series of novels. This interview was recorded in London when Patricia was launching the third of the Trooper Andy Brazil novels.    

Give yourself the time to lean back in to things you may love... its amazing what you can accomplish when you see the characters you read being brought to life. I appreciate the cinematography of it all and to see who the director choose for the real life portrayals. You guys know I am a #booknerd, with the launch of a failed attempt at a book club for the #babeafpod, so here I am getting some help from Tierney Bricker from @ENews for bringing some opportunities to each of us to may be read before we watch. There will be the carousel of the book titles and go run and read your little heart out! Without further adieu, here are your new TV Obsessions: Daisy Jones & The Six, Kay Scarpetta, White House Plumbers, Love and Death, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, American Born Chinese, The Last Thing He Told Me, The Power & Three Women Today's Resources: https://www.eonline.com/news/1331541/12-books-to-read-asap-before-they-become-your-next-tv-obsession?cmpid=social_instagram_bio%26source%3Dinstagram-enews%26medium%3Dlink-post

Join us in our longest episode to date. We start the episode off with news of a new I Know What You Did Last Summer (1:40). Followed by Saw X (5:00), A Quiet Place: Day One (9:54), and Kay Scarpetta (11:24). Our review of the 2001 film Valentine (13:29), Jaime's Instagram poll that consisted of 8 originals vs remakes (43:55), our review of the original My Bloody Valentine (53:09). Hottest girls of horror (1:03:00), and the remake My Bloody Valentine 3D (1:24:18).

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Award-winning author Patricia Cornwell chats to Colin Murray about her writing process, her Kay Scarpetta series and enjoying the research as much as the storytelling. The pair also get into the influence of Patricia's family life and her direct ancestor, the author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe.

In the late 80s, a sadistic killer stalks the women of Richmond's Southside.Find out how The Southside Strangler became the first serial killer in the US to be convicted based on DNA evidence.Pre-order Knight of Elysia!Support the show

Wanneer Scarpetta in deze twintigste thriller uit de Kay Scarpetta-serie van Cornwell niet kan rekenen op de steun van haar dierbaren, gaat ze in haar eentje op zoek naar een wrede moordenaar.Uitgegeven door Luitingh SijthoffSpreker(s): Marjolein Algera

De allereerste thriller in deze bloedstollende bestsellerserie met Kay Scarpetta in de hoofdrol. Nu verkrijgbaar als Premium Pocket!Uitgegeven door Luitingh SijthoffSpreker(s): Hymke de Vries

Many authors, maybe even most authors, labor in obscurity for months or years before finally hitting it big with a bestseller . But Patricia Cornwell hit it big with her very first book, Post Mortem in 1990. And in the three decades since then, she has sold over 100 million books. Her wildly popular mysteries feature a medical examiner named Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Cornwell based the character loosely on a real life medical examiner for whom she worked briefly in the 1980s. I first interviewed Patricia Cornwell when Post Mortem was published. The interview you're about to hear is our second interview, a year later, when her second book, Body of Evidence was published.

Today's author interview guest is the one and only Patricia Cornwell who drops by to talk about...

My guest is one of the most popular crime writers of all time. We discuss her new book, “Autopsy”, the latest in the Kay Scarpetta series, her career, and much more.  

Bestselling Author Patricia Cornwell wasn't sure if she'd ever revisit her famed character Kay Scarpetta again after seeming to have retired the character in 2016. Five years later and a whole of inspiration later, Scarpetta is back in a new novel called Autopsy. This time the adventure returns Scarpetta to Virginia where she's back at the Medical Examiners Office. But she's also close to Washington D.C where Scarpetta will be drawn into the most unlikely case of her career, aboard the International Space Station. Patricia Cornwell tells us that she was curious what it might take to investigate a murder in space and she set out in her research to find out, factually, how it could be done. Patricia Cornwell was our guest on Wake Up Tri-Counties on Tuesday.

Spooky smart. Miraculously mystical. Devilishly delightful. Listen in as two prolific bestselling thriller authors, Patricia Cornwell (over 100 million copies sold) and Tosca Lee (award-winning NYT bestseller), sweeten up our Halloween with this perfectly low-cal, high magic treat. And I'm not just throwing the M-word around. The true tales shared here are nothing short of supernatural and will help you BELIEVE in a universe that wants what you want. One that can't help but clear the path when you keep showing up. I had full-body goosebumps several times during this conversation. With NO idea when I imagined matchmaking for this episode that Patricia and Tosca would have such outrageously mysterious stories BEHIND their stories or that they'd have shared such unbelievable synchronicities, I'm still in a bit of a daze. Patricia joins us at the start of her tour for Autopsy, the 25th novel in her #1 bestselling Scarpetta series. Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta has returned to Virginia as the chief medical examiner to hunt an ingenious killer who's mastered cutting-edge science for the most nefarious ends. Patricia, who in real life has been described as a female James Bond—and you'll soon hear why—tells us how to use our fear as fuel, and I'm all ears. The woman who admits to being scared all the time has somehow made me feel twenty kinds of courage in our hour together. I asked Tosca which of her novels (A Single Light, The Legend of Sheba, Iscariot, Demon, the Book of Mortal series...) would be a good fit with Autopsy. We decided onThe Progeny and its sequel, Firstborn, about the descendants of the real-life Blood Countess, Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary, the most prolific female serial killer in history—which may or may not have been a conspiracy. We've got a lot to cover. Craft. Passion. Destiny. Rejection. Locations. Training. And ghosts, as in real ones who write through us. Does that make them ghostwriters? Hmmm. Boo! I'm frightfully happy you're here. xoSubscribe, so you're always the first to know when an episode drops.   www.beautifulwriterspodcast.com 

What extravagant drink has Bob been sipping this week? Are Adam's gardening tips any good? And should our hosts start a spin-off weather podcast?    For all this 'amazing' content and loads more, listen to episode 136 of Partners in Crime with Adam Croft and Robert Daws.   We hear about a new upcoming ITV crime drama called Too Close, Adam reveals that Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club has passed one million copies sold and Bob recommends a Liane Moriarty book (I had to get that into the notes).   Adam chats about Patricia Cornwell bringing back Dr Kay Scarpetta in her 25th book Autopsy, while Bob makes a rather shocking revelation. He's got some friends.     ~ Moriarty ~     RECOMMENDATIONS   Sleep Well My Lady by Kwei Quartey Audiobook narrated by Robin Miles https://www.kobo.com/en/audiobook/sleep-well-my-lady-3   The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty  https://www.kobo.com/en/ebook/the-husband-s-secret-5     April's Patreon FREE book of the month from Kobo is The Hashtag Killer by A.S. French https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-hashtag-killer To get this book and a different one every month for free, become a patron at patreon.com/partnersincrimepodcast   Buy Partners In Crime merchandise here https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/52592091 Buy a 'Partners In Time' clock by clicking below! https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/52592683   Don't forget your exclusive Partners in Crime discounts through Kobo. Get 90% off your first purchase using the code CRIME at checkout. And you can also get 40% off all books using the code PARTNERS when you shop using this link: bit.ly/PartnersKobo If you’d like to support Partners in Crime and get early access to every episode — on video — plus lots of other goodies, head over to patreon.com/partnersincrimepodcast   CONTACT US Email: hello@partnersincrime.online Facebook: facebook.com/groups/crimefictionpodcast/ Twitter: twitter.com/crimeficpodcast Instagram: instagram.com/crimefictionpodcast/ Website: partnersincrime.online Patreon: patreon.com/partnersincrimepodcast  

This week we are delighted to have a genuine literary legend on the show: Patricia Cornwell! Patricia has sold over 100 million books in thirty-six languages in over 120 countries. Her most iconic character is medical examiner Kay Scarpetta who features in Patricia's next novel Autopsy - her latest novel is the space thriller Spin. She has also written non-fiction books concerning the Jack the Ripper case and a cookbook. We talked to her about AI reading lists, Queen Victoria's knickers, what books to take into space and Cleopatra. For more about Daisy's new podcast Daisy is Insatiable click HERE.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiablePatricia Cornwell - SpinPatricia Cornwell - Food To Die ForPatricia Cornwell - Jack the RipperStacy Schiff - CleopatraBettany Hughes - Hemlock CupGertrude Chandler Warner - Boxcar ChildrenErnest Hemingway - Moveable FeastPaul Hendrickson - Hemingway's BoatClaire Tomalin - Charles DickensCharles Dickens - Dictionary of the ThamesCharles Dickens - Dictionary of LondonCharles Dickens - Christmas CarolCharles Dickens - Oliver TwistArmistead Maupin - Tales of the CityTayari Jones - American MarriageAN Wilson - VictoriaPaula Hawkins - Girl On The TrainTS Eliot - Waste LandErnest Hemingway - Garden of EdenNora Ephron - HeartburnPatricia Cornwell - Red MistElizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet Chronicles See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wat maakt VP (virtual professional) Debbie van Cleef rijk? Waar haalt ze haar inspiratie vandaan? Wat zou ze doen met haar laatste tientje? Dat zijn vragen die ik aan haar stel in deze podcast aflevering. Debbie's boekentips: De reeks Kay Scarpetta van Patricia Cornwell https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbievancleef/?locale=nl_NL De reeks Seven Sisters van Lucinda Riley https://partner.bol.com/click/click?p=2&t=url&s=1014279&f=TXL&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bol.com%2Fbe%2Ff%2Fthe-seven-sisters-1-the-seven-sisters%2F9200000030098948%2F&name=The%20Seven%20Sisters%2C%20Lucinda%20Riley Nala's World van Dean Nicholson (1bike1world) https://www.1bike1world.com/ Liefdesbang van Hannah Cuppen https://partner.bol.com/click/click?p=2&t=url&s=1014279&f=TXL&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bol.com%2Fbe%2Fp%2Fliefdesbang%2F9200000024771466%2F&name=Liefdesbang%20(ebook)%2C%20Hannah%20Cuppen Favoriete podcast: The Bright Sessions: http://www.thebrightsessions.com/ Favoriete serie: Bonusfamiljen: https://www.netflix.com/title/80141270 Waar kan je meer info over Debbie vinden? https://vaforadventure.com https://www.instagram.com/vaforadventure/ https://www.facebook.com/vaforadventure/ https://www.facebook.com/debbie.vancleef https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbievancleef/?locale=nl_NL

Are you a victim? Author Patricia Cornwall talks to Viv Groskop about unlearning the lessons of a childhood that taught her she was a victim. She talks about giving people what they want - but not giving away your power. She talks Kay Scarpetta, Captain Calli Chase, bad reviews and forgetting the name of her own novel on live TV. She talks surfing the asteroid belt in a swimsuit. Please, listen.

Meredith and Kaytee are back in your earbuds this week for another new episode of Currently Reading and we have lots of fun stuff to share with you! First, a quick announcement about our Patron-only book club: we will be discussing The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain, and the author will be joining us to chat about her book on November 17th! So, if you’ve been on the fence about reading or joining our Patreon, now may be the time to do it! Second, we have a Currently Reading Listener Survey for you this week. Please click through to the survey and tell us your thoughts about all things Currently Reading! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: a local author event and pre-reading a book for a friend. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’re each sharing two reads this week since Belly Up episodes end up running long. Strong opinions abound in our novels this week! We’ll move on to a short Slow But Steady update from each of us, including a “completed!” update. For our deep dive this week, we are discussing the Currently Reading 2019 Challenge category 11: Books Pressed by an IRL or Online Book Club. We already shared a lot of Book Club thoughts in episode 4 of season 2, so this ends up being an ode to finding your bookish tribe. Finally, this week, we are Bellying Up to the Book Bar with DeeAnn Haworth. This was a bit of a challenge for one of us, but we’re excited to talk about some new to you and to us titles! As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down! *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . 1:15 - The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain 1:40 - Patreon 1:53 - Currently Reading Listener Survey 2:51 - Garcia Street Books in Santa Fe, NM 3:23 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 3:33 - Minisode with J. Ryan Stradal 5:22 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 5:45 - The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley 7:14 - The Dearly Beloved by Cara Walls 7:20 - Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner 7:40 - Knox McCoy on The Popcast 7:43 - Shelf Subscription on Bookshelf Thomasville 14:06 - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 19:50 - The Swallows by Lisa Lutz 20:05 - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey 20:07 - The Whisper Network by Chandler Baker 25:29 - Currently Reading on Patreon 25:46 - The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain 31:59 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 33:15 - The Road Back to You by Suzanne Stabile and Ian Morgan Cron 33:56 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 34:50 - Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell 36:30 - Currently Reading 2019 Reading Challenge 36:47 - Episode 4 of Season 2 38:00 - Meredith on Episode 85 (I said 89, but that was a mistake!) of Sorta Awesome Podcast 42:13 - bookish.com 43:43 - Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch series 43:46 - JA Jance’s Joanna Brady and JP Beaumont series 43:54 - Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall 43:57 - Saving Ceecee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman 44:00 - Richard Paul Evans’ The Walk series and The Broken Road series 44:05 - An Eldery Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten 44:10 - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 44:12 - Elevation by Stephen King 44:15 - Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy 44:19 - When by Victoria Laurie 45:55 - Sue Grafton’s Alphabet Series 46:42 - Mickey Haller/Lincoln Lawyer series by Michael Connelly 46:56 - When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman 47:22 - Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta series 47:59 - In Her Bones by Kate Moretti 48:37 - Joshilyn Jackson’s The Almost Sisters and A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty 48:50 - Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney 49:21 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman 49:46 - Rabbit, the Autobiography of Ms. Pat by Patricia Williams 50:20 - Aunti Poldi series by Mario Giordano 50:45 - Celine by Peter Heller 50:49 - The River by Peter Heller 51:39 - Setting Free the Kites by Alex George 51:42 - Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen 51:56 - Little Lovely Things by Maureen Joyce Connelly 52:40 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth 53:12 - Thinner by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman 54:16 - The Grown-Up by Gillian Flynn 54:45 - McNally’s Secret by Lawrence Sanders 56:20 - Listener Survey - one more time!

This is the tenth episode of "Talking with Authors" by HEC Media and HEC Books. We're a program dedicated to speaking with some of the best selling authors around, covering many different genres.Our author this time is 100 plus million book selling and Edgar award winning crime writer Patricia Cornwell. We spoke with her as she was touring the United States talking about her 22nd crime novel in her Kay Scarpetta series, “Flesh and Blood” by Harper Collins Books. This one-on-one was done in November of 2014.Patricia Cornwell started out working with words professionally as a reporter in North Carolina in the late 70s. She began doing feature work, but eventually moved to the the crime beat where she eventually won an award for a series on prostitution. By the time she started writing novels in 1984, her news background lead her to want to make her imagined subjects as real as possible…so she began to take an almost participatory journalistic approach to her novels.And from the position of authority that she writes from having actually learned the skills of many of her characters has helped her revolutionize the crime genre, not just in literature, but on television as well…where she’s often credited for greatly influencing the rise of forensic science being popular in crime dramas on the air. We’ll hear about the hugely popular “Kate Scarpetta” series of books and life beyond the printed word for our guest, Edgar Award winning, best selling writer Patricia Cornwell on this episode of “Talking with Authors” from HEC Media and HEC Books.Our host and interviewer this time is Cordell Whitlock.HEC Media is a production company out of St. Louis, Missouri. With the help of independent bookstore Left Bank Books and St. Louis County Library, we are able to sit down with these amazing writers and thought leaders to discuss their work, their inspiration, and what makes them special. You can watch video versions of most of our interviews at hecmedia.org.Host of this episode - Cordell WhitlockPhotography - Tom Newcomb, Peter Foggy, and Jayne BallewEditor and Graphics - Taunia Allen MasonSupervising Producer - Julie WinkleProduction Support - Jayne Ballew HEC Media Executive Director - Dennis RiggsTalking with Authors Podcast Executive Producer - Christina ChastainPodcast Producer - Rod MilamPodcast Editors - Ben SmithPodcast Host - Rod MilamSpecial thanks to Maryville University and St. Louis Public RadioYou can follow us on all social media platforms. Just search for "Talking with Authors":Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/talkingwithauthorsTwitter: https://twitter.com/TalkingwAuthors

Eddie spent the past week trying (and failing) to figure out PD James' Death of an Expert Witness, Lee takes a trip down non-linear memory lane with Megan Miranda's All the Missing Girls, and they try to figure out whether Patricia Corwell's Kay Scarpetta and Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone just have really bad luck, or are a bit gung ho for their own good!______________________________________________If you like what you hear, we'd really appreciate if you sent us some stars on iTunes! It's one the best ways to support the show!We've had many requests for beta reading from Crime Time listeners over the years, and we're thrilled to finally be able to offer this service to our book community! Check out Frankcoreaders.com for all your manuscript assessment needs!Tell us what books are your faves in the comments below, or via Twitter!Join the Crime Time Team at Patreon!Make sure to check out the books of the week via the affiliate link below! Crime Time has partnered with Book Depository to bring you books at a great price – with free shipping worldwide thrown in!

Two women trying to get into the mind of the serial killer talk to Kim Chakanetsa about the craft of crime fiction. We hear what they're most afraid of, how writing about grim subjects has altered their outlook on life and whether women are particularly good at this genre. Patricia Cornwell is probably the best known female crime writer in the world. Credited with creating the 'forensic thriller', Patricia has sold over 100 million books across the globe and recently published the 24th book in her hugely popular Kay Scarpetta series. Patricia has also long been fascinated by Jack the Ripper, the infamous Victorian serial killer, and has written her own account of his possible identity. Angela Makholwa is a former South African journalist who first got into crime writing after interviewing the real-life serial killer, Moses Sithole, in prison. Her debut novel Red Ink was loosely based on those experiences. She says the role of the writer is to confront the things we all want to run away from. She has since written two more novels and says she enjoys reading crime fiction from Scandinavia, given that she writes about such a radically different part of the world. Angela lives and works in Johannesburg. (L) Image: Patricia Cornwell. Credit: Patrick Ecclesine. (R) Image and credit: Angela Makholwa.

Episode 6 - We travelled away from A Stab In The Dark's incident room to talk to one of this generation's biggest-selling and most-respected crime novelists... none other than forensic crime author Patricia Cornwell. Patricia is someone who has been credited with inspiring not only a new wave of female crime writers but also a host of forensic crime dramas, from CSI to Dexter, while her Kay Scarpetta novels have delighted crime fans since 1990. Meanwhile, Paul Hirons speaks to Silent Witness star William Gaminara about his role in the show and how he manages to pronounce all that technical jargon.A Stab in the Dark is a UKTV Original production and is produced by Sam Pearson and Paul Hirons.For more info: http://uktv.co.uk/astabinthedark See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patricia Cornwell is known to millions of readers worldwide. She has won nearly every literary award for popular fiction and has authored 29 New York Times bestsellers. The identity of her heroine was forged during the six years she spent working in a chief medical examiner's office in Virginia, when she saw innumerable autopsies being carried out. In  "CHAOS",  twenty-six-year-old Elisa Vandersteel is killed while riding her bicycle along the Charles River on an early Autumn day. It appears she was struck by lightning except the weather is perfectly clear with not a cloud in sight. Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the Cambridge Forensic Center's director and chief, decides at the scene that this is no accidental Act of God.  Her investigation becomes complicated when she begins receiving a flurry of bizarre poems from an anonymous cyberbully who calls himself Tailend Charlie. To make matters worse, a venomous media is whipping the public into a frenzy, questioning the seasoned forensics chief's judgment.

Fans of New York Times Best Selling Author Patricia Cornwell have, undoubtedly, been anxiously awaiting today's (November 15, 2016) release of her latest Kay Scarpetta novel, Chaos. It's been nearly three decades since Post Mortem launched the character that has become part of the forensic literary landscape.

There is a select group of fiction writers whose next book is eagerly anticipated by legions of fans around the world. Presenter Stephen Sackur speaks to a writer who has been in that club for two decades. Patricia Cornwell can lay claim to have invented the whole genre of crime scene, forensic detective fiction. Her investigator Kay Scarpetta has featured in two dozen novels, and inspired a host of imitators. The author herself talks of her determination to confront and control her fears - do her books tell us what she's frightened of?(Photo: Patricia Cornwell in the Hardtalk studio)

Author Patricia Cornwell started as journalist working the Police beat, before transitioning to writing crime novels, including the wildly popular Dr. Kay Scarpetta series. Hear about Patricia's writing style, writing approach, and what she prefers to read for pleasure! She even shares some valuable tips for all the aspiring writers out there!

This week we hear an update on Eddie's epic battle to read through all the Kay Scarpetta books in order before Lee spoils the end of Depraved Heart. Lee and Eddie talk about how much they love when people contact them, how much it scares the hell out of them to be contacted by famous authors, and how weird it is to talk about themselves in the third person in this blurb. The post 1.21 | Two Minute Mysteries, Patricia Cornwell, & Feelings appeared first on Crime Time.

Libby Purves meets crime writer Patricia Cornwell; astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell; musician Simon Nicol and adventurer Benedict Allen. Patricia Cornwell is a writer. Her new novel Depraved Heart features medical examiner Kay Scarpetta who is working on a suspicious death scene when a story involving her niece Lucy demands her investigative skills. Patricia Cornwell has sold over 100 million books. She sold her first novel, Postmortem, while working as a computer analyst at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. Depraved Heart is published by Harper Collins. Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell is an astrophysicist and is visiting Professor of Astrophysics at Mansfield College, Oxford. This year she won the Women of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award. She is best known for discovering pulsars, one of the most significant scientific achievements of the 20th century. At the time she was a PhD student in radio astronomy at the University of Cambridge. Her supervisor Antony Hewish went on to win the 1974 Nobel Prize for Physics, sharing it with the head of the group, Martin Ryle. Benedict Allen is an adventurer known for travelling to extremes without backup. He is the only person known to have crossed the Amazon Basin at its widest and completed the first documented journey of the length of the Namib Desert. He will be appearing at The Adventure Travel Show talking about his 3000 mile journey by horse and camel through Mongolia in the 1990s. The Adventure Travel Show is at London's Olympia. Simon Nicol is a founding member of Fairport Convention, joining the band at its inception in 1967. After vocalists Sandy Denny and Iain Matthews left the band, Simon found himself taking a more prominent role on stage. During the 1970s, Simon took a four-year break from Fairport, rejoining in 1976. He has been the band's main guitarist and lead singer ever since. Fairport Convention is on tour from January. Producer: Paula McGinley.

Two Award-winning authors join Halli at her table on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show: “The Queen of Crime” Patricia Cornwell and author and highly-decorated Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Dan Hampton. It's been 25 years since bestselling author Patricia Cornwell launched the hugely popular Dr. Kay Scarpetta series – and a national obsession with forensic research!! Yep, before there was CSI, NCIS and all the other copy cats, there was Cornwell and Scarpetta! Twenty-five years since her first book, POSTMORTEM was rejected by numerous publishers because no one wanted to read about a “woman who cuts people open.” But how wrong were they! The morgue is taboo no more, and now, yep, twenty-five years later, 29 New York Times Bestsellers under her belt, Patricia Cornwell is back with a new captivating Scarpetta thriller DEPRAVED HEART – with all the shocking twists, high-wire tension, and cutting-edge forensic detail that Cornwell is famous for, proving yet again why she's the world's #1 bestselling crime writer!!Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Dan Hampton flew 151 combat missions during his twenty years in the USAF. For his service Col. Hampton received four Distinguished Flying Crosses with valor, a Purple Heart, eight Air Medals with Valor, five Meritorious Service Medals, and numerous other citations. He is a graduate of the elite USAF Fighter Weapons School, USN Top Gun School, and USAF Special Operations School. Hampton was named his squadron's Instructor Pilot of the Year six times and pioneered air-combat tactics that are now standard. A frequent guest analyst on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, the graduate of Texas A&M University has published numerous articles. He is the author of the national bestsellers VIPER PILOT and LORDS OF THE SKY. In his new book THE HUNTER KILLERS, he recounts the extraordinary story of the first Wild Weasels, the band of maverick aviators who flew the most dangerous missions of the Vietnam War.For more information visit http://goo.gl/tMuVJc

Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, while working as a computer analyst at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. At her first signing, held during a lunch break from the morgue, Patricia sold no copies of Postmortem and fielded exactly one question - an elderly woman asked her where she could find the cookbooks. >> More interviews on the podcast, the OJ Simpson case anniversary, and the Calvin Harris Story. Subscribe to the podcast on itunes. Postmortem would go on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d'Aventure prize - the first book ever to claim all these distinctions in a single year. To date, Cornwell's books have sold some 100 million copies in thirty-six languages in over 120 countries. She's authored twenty-six New York Times bestsellers. Dr. Kay Scarpetta is working a highly suspicious death scene in an historic home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when an emergency alert sounds on her phone. A video link lands in her text messages, immediately begins playing... and seems to be from her niece Lucy. But how can it be? It's clearly a surveillance film of Lucy taken almost twenty years ago. As Scarpetta watches she comes to grips with frightening secrets about her niece, whom she loves like a daughter. That first clip and then others sent soon after raise dangerous implications that increasingly isolate Scarpetta and leave her confused, alarmed, and not knowing where to turn. She doesn't know whom she can tell--not her FBI agent husba... Read More >

Award-winning travel writer and photographer David Noyes has learned to experience the world through more than his lens and pen.  He says that in order to appreciate our world we must investigate a destination as part of the human condition.  His new book, The Photographing Tourist, David shows us remote places around the world and he offers tips that well help anyone develop the well-trained eye of a travel photographer. Bestselling author Patricia Cornwell has sold over 100 million books of forensic thrillers.  Before CSI or  NCIS, her first book, Portmortem, introduced forensic research 25 years ago with medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.  Scarpetta investigates another suspicious murder in Cornwell's newest book, Depraved Heart, and this murder has a twist that involves Scapetta's niece, Lucy. How many places would offer an opportunity to speak to an astronaut, or a famous historical figure?  Where could you see fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls or Terra Cotta Warriors outside of Israel or China?  The answer is the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.  We will take a virtual tour inside the Museum and learn about the global citizenship it fosters. Weathly yachtsmen usually take to the ocean for fun, but philanthropist David Rockefeller, Jr. has a different idea.  As part of our "Best Of" series we will share our 2009 interview with David as he prepared to circumnavigate the Americas and boost awareness about the health of our seas and global warming.

The Write Murder Madness tribute to mystery and detective novels continues with iconic author Patricia Cornwell ("Depraved Heart"), inventor of the forensic thriller with her bestselling Kay Scarpetta series. Plus, "Ten Little Idiots" puts a satiric TDPS spin on Agatha Christie's classic detective novel.

We talk with author Patricia Cornwell who has sold over 100 million copies of her books featuring the character Kay Scarpetta. Cornwell talks about her latest book in the Scarpetta series called Flesh and Blood. Cornwell reveals intimate details about the book, and also goes into great detail about her interest in forensic science. We also learn how Cornwell, a former newspaper reporter, spends her free time.

In this episode we hear from authors Patricia Cornwell and David Nicholls, both with new novels available now and both with fascinating insight into character development. Patricia Cornwell, author of FLESH AND BLOOD, the 22nd book to feature the detective Kay Scarpetta, talks with her editor, David Highfill, about how she used research into new, high tech weapons to try to trick Scarpetta, an attempt that she says always ultimately fails. And David Nicholls tells us about his desire to write a male protagonist for his new book, US, that is in direct contrast to the leading character in his previous, very popular novel, ONE DAY.

Patricia Cornwell discusses her book "Red Mist" at the 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: In 1979, Cornwell started as a reporter for The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer and soon thereafter became a crime reporter. Five years later, she found a job in the Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, where she stayed for six years. While there, she wrote three novels that were rejected for publication before she found success with "Postmortem," her first Kay Scarpetta novel. Cornwell's influence can be seen in such television shows as "CSI" and "Cold Case Files." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5601.

"Clarice Starling di Thomas Harris, Kay Scarpetta di Patricia Cornwell, la detective privata Giorgia Cantini di Grazia Verasani: il noir è un genere femminile." Carlo Lucarelli "Anomala, inquieta, malinconica eppure vitale, Giorgia Cantini è una di noi." la Repubblica

American crime writer Patricia Cornwell talks about Post Mortem, the first novel in her celebrated Kay Scarpetta series.

Patricia Daniels was born in 1956 in Miami, Florida. After her parents divorced she moved with her mother and two brothers to Montreat, North Carolina. Her mother suffered from depression and sought help from the Reverend Billy Graham. The reverend's wife, Ruth Bell Graham, became Patricia's friend and mentor and encouraged her to write. She particularly loved telling ghost stories, and would scare the children in her neighbourhood at Halloween. Patricia majored in English at Davidson, a private liberal arts college in North Carolina and married one of her professors, Charles Cornwell. The marriage lasted 10 years, by which time Patricia had progressed from a summer job compiling TV listings for The Charlotte Observer to crime reporter to a job at the medical examiner's office in Virginia. It was all good research for her crime novels, but her first published book in 1983 was A Time for Remembering, a biography of Ruth Bell Graham. Patricia had had three thrillers rejected by publishers so she tried again, this time changing a minor character, Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner for Virginia, into her main protagonist for the book Postmortem. Postmortem was initially rejected by seven major publishing houses and finally accepted at the very end of 1988. It was a huge success and made her the only author ever to win all four major mystery awards in a single year on both sides of the Atlantic - The Edgar, The John Creasey, The Antony and the MacAvity. Thirteen novels later, she is still producing best sellers and has most recently published a book investigating Jack the Ripper. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: The Pachelbel Canon by Johann Pachelbel Book: Essay on population by Thomas Malthus Luxury: An endless supply of notebooks and pens

Patricia Daniels was born in 1956 in Miami, Florida. After her parents divorced she moved with her mother and two brothers to Montreat, North Carolina. Her mother suffered from depression and sought help from the Reverend Billy Graham. The reverend's wife, Ruth Bell Graham, became Patricia's friend and mentor and encouraged her to write. She particularly loved telling ghost stories, and would scare the children in her neighbourhood at Halloween. Patricia majored in English at Davidson, a private liberal arts college in North Carolina and married one of her professors, Charles Cornwell. The marriage lasted 10 years, by which time Patricia had progressed from a summer job compiling TV listings for The Charlotte Observer to crime reporter to a job at the medical examiner's office in Virginia. It was all good research for her crime novels, but her first published book in 1983 was A Time for Remembering, a biography of Ruth Bell Graham. Patricia had had three thrillers rejected by publishers so she tried again, this time changing a minor character, Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner for Virginia, into her main protagonist for the book Postmortem. Postmortem was initially rejected by seven major publishing houses and finally accepted at the very end of 1988. It was a huge success and made her the only author ever to win all four major mystery awards in a single year on both sides of the Atlantic - The Edgar, The John Creasey, The Antony and the MacAvity. Thirteen novels later, she is still producing best sellers and has most recently published a book investigating Jack the Ripper. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: The Pachelbel Canon by Johann Pachelbel Book: Essay on population by Thomas Malthus Luxury: An endless supply of notebooks and pens