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Examines the century-old series of murders that terrorized London in the 1880s, drawing on research, state-of-the-art forensic science, and insights into the criminal mind to reveal the true identity of the infamous Jack the Ripper.

Patricia Cornwell has asixth sense about the menand women in blue. InHornet''s Nest, her page-turning novel aboutcrime and police in Charlotte, North Carolina,Cornwell moved behind the badges of thesereal-life heroes to uncover flesh-and-bloodcharacters who strode through her pages to revealvulnerable, passionate, brave, sometimesdoubting, always fascinating figures. In Southern Cross, Cornwell takes us evencloser to the personal and professional lives ofbig-city police, in a story of corruption, scandal,and robberies that escalate to murder. This time,her setting is Richmond, Virginia, where CharlottePolice Chief Judy Hammer has been brought byan NIJ grant to clean up the police force. Reelingfrom the recent death of her husband, andresented by the police force, city manager, andmayor of Richmond, Hammer is joined by herdeputy chief Virginia West and rookie Andy Brazilon the most difficult assignment of her career. Inthe face of overwhelming public scrutiny, the triomust bring truth, order, and sanity to a city introuble.

Una escritora solitaria, Beryl Madison, se refugia en Miami intentando huir de las amenazadoras llamadas telefónicas que la acosan desde hace meses y de la angustiosa sensación de que alguien observa todos sus movimientos. Pero en cuanto regresa a su hogar es brutalmente asesinada.

Kay Scarpetta investigates the murder of a young graduate student who is subsequently linked to bizarre homicides in Washington, D.C., where Scarpetta''s FBI agent husband is tracking down a serial killer.

JAN''S SANCTUARY WALK is the story of Jan Hendricks, a young clergywoman in her first appointment as lead pastor in a small-town southern church during the late 1980''s. When a school fire and the death of a child in the church devastate the community, Jan must comfort the town, while balancing the demands of her family and church amidst discrimination against clergywomen. Will she be able to pastor this small church and strengthen her own insecurities about faith and her calling?

From breathtaking full-color photographs to detailed explanatory diagrams to expert essays, fascinating sidebars, and informative fact boxes, the New Solar System is not just an easy-to-use, solidly reliable reference, but also a visually stunning, invitingly browsable volume guaranteed to fire the imagination of even the most casual reader.

Combining leading theories of psychology and behavior with case studies, personality quizzes, and practical advice, National Geographic Mind explores the question we all enjoy asking: Who am I? This whimsically illustrated reference explores today''s theories of personality, mixing scientific theory with an underlying message--by knowing more about your own psychology, you can have a better life. Chapters start with the anatomy, evolution, and development of the human brain, then move into such interesting areas as intuition, creativity, motivation, faith, and ethics--all facets of a unique personality. Quirky, often funny, always thought-provoking photographs, cartoons, and illustrations bring the message home on every page. Interesting scenarios of mental health and mental deviance make for a lively, readable narrative that combines today''s leading theories in the science of the mind and personality with life-enhancing questions, quizzes, practices, and tools for self-discovery. An entertaining book about science, National Geographic Mind connects with the reader in a very personal and ultimately helpful way.

"Reference guide to mammals, for children"--

Gerichtsmedizinerin Kay Scarpetta gerät unter Vedacht, eine Konkurrentin ermordet zu haben. Noch bevor sie ihre Unschuld beweisen kann, geschehen zwei weitere Morde.

Kay Scarpetta, directora del Centro Forense de Cambridge, Massachusetts, ha vuelto a casa después de trabajar en la escena de uno de los peores asesinatos en masa de la historia de Estados Unidos, cuando el agente Pete Marino la despierta a una hora intempestiva. Un cadáver envuelto en una tela poco común ha sido descubierto en el campus del MIT, y se sospecha que se trata de la ingeniera informática Gail Shipton, que fue vista por última vez en un bar de la ciudad. Al parecer, la han asesinado cuando solo faltaban unas semanas para que comenzara el juicio millonario al que había llevado a sus ex gestores financieros, y Scarpetta duda que se trate de una casualidad. Además, teme que el caso esté relacionado con su sobrina Lucy, un genio de los ordenadores. A simple vista no hay rastro de lo que pudo matar a Gail Shipton, pero el cadáver está cubierto de un polvo muy fino que bajo la luz ultravioleta emite un intenso brillo tricolor. Además, resulta evidente que alguien, de forma deliberada, ha colocado el cuerpo en una postura simbólica con el fin de causar el mayor impacto, y Scarpetta tiene motivos para creer que el responsable es el hombre cuyos asesinatos más recientes han sembrado el terror en Washington. El caso la llevará a adentrarse en el oscuro mundo de las drogas de diseño, el crimen organizado y la corrupción en las altas esferas. En esta, su vigesimoprimera aventura, vemos una faceta distinta, más dura y resuelta, de una Scarpetta que ahora va armada. The Guardian Si algo supera el suspense sobrecogedor de la trama es su ritmo trepidante: la acción, que arranca una oscura y tormentosa noche de invierno, no decae a lo largo de casi quinientas páginas y se desarrolla en un período de veinticuatro horas. The Boston Globe Un thriller de trama perfecta. The Sun Kay Scarpetta ha vuelto, más sagaz y desencantada del mundo que nunca, en esta nueva novela de Cornwell, la número veintiuno de la serie. Kirkus Reviews La fuerza de Cornwell sigue residiendo en los intrincados detalles de los exámenes forenses, mientras sus personajes luchan por descubrir a un asesino en serie y destapar una conspiración de alto nivel. Publishers Weekly Los casos resultan más siniestros de lo que parecían en un principio, y los protagonistas deberán hacer frente a un depredador diferente de todos los que habían conocido. Si a esto añadimos drogas, crimen organizado y corrupción, el resultado es otra entretenida novela de Patricia Cornwell. CriminalElement

The first novel featuring Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta from the #1 bestselling author of Black Notice and Point of OriginWinner of the Edgar Award and the Macavity Award for best first mysteryFour women with nothing in common, united only in death. Four brutalized victims of a brilliant monster - a "Mr. Nobody," moving undetected through a paralyzed city, leaving behind a gruesome trail of carnage . . . but few clues. With skilled hands, an unerring eye, and the latest advances in forensic research, an unrelenting female medical examiner - Kay Scarpetta - is determined to unmask a maniac. But someone is trying to sabotage Kay''s investigation from the inside. And worse yet, someone wants her dead . . .

Patholoog-anatoom dr. Kay Scarpetta raakt betrokken bij de geheimzinnige moord op enkele gevangenen.

All the familiar faces--friend and foe--are here: police captain Marino, Kay''s niece Lucy, the so-called Werewolf murderer, and (in memoriam) Kay''s lover Benton Wesley and his killer, Carrie Grethen. Kay, who nearly killed the Werewolf in self-defense as Black Notice came to a close, now finds herself the target of a corrupt police investigation that will dredge her darkest secrets from the deepest corners of her past.

Kay Scarpetta offers her services pro bono to the New York City medical examiner''s office, in addition to her duties as CNN''s senior forensic analyst, which seems to trigger a series of unsettling events, including an apparent death threat.

En deux ans, quatre couples ont disparu, volatilisés, abandonnant leur voiture au bord d''une route, sur un parking. Des couples de jeunes gens ou d''adolescents, qu''on a retrouvés les uns après les autres dans un rayon de cinquante kilomètres autour de Williamsburg... Mais trop tard... Car au bout de trois ou quatre mois, il ne reste à Kay Scarpetta, le médecin légiste, que des os et un peu de poussière à examiner : impossible de déterminer la cause de la mort, et donc d''orienter les recherches de la police et du FBI. Aujourd''hui, une voiture, une Jeep Cherokee, vient d''être découverte sur une aire d''autoroute déserte. Et l''étudiante qui regagnait Richmond avec son petit ami n''est autre que la fille de l''une des femmes les plus puissantes et les plus respectées des Etats-Unis, la responsable nationale de la lutte contre la drogue. Et celle-ci a bien l''intention de remuer ciel et terre pour élucider cette disparition, entraînant Kay Scarpetta dans son sillage... Après le Prix du Roman d''Aventures 1992 et Le Masque de l''Année 1993, Cornwell signe ici son troisième coup de maître, qui l''a propulsée parmi les plus grands écrivains de thriller.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell returns with the remarkable twenty-fourth thriller in her popular high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. In the quiet of twilight, on an early autumn day, twenty-six-year-old Elisa Vandersteel is killed while riding her bicycle along the Charles River. 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. Though subsequent lab results support Scarpetta''s conclusions, the threatening messages don''t stop. When the tenth poem arrives exactly twenty-four hours after Elisa''s death, Scarpetta begins to suspect the harasser is involved, and sounds the alarm to her investigative partner Pete Marino and her husband, FBI analyst Benton Wesley. She also enlists the help of her niece, Lucy. But to Scarpetta''s surprise, tracking the slippery Tailend Charlie is nearly impossible, even for someone as brilliant as her niece. Also, Lucy can''t explain how this anonymous nemesis could have access to private information. To make matters worse, a venomous media is whipping the public into a frenzy, questioning the seasoned forensics chief''s judgment and "a quack cause of death on a par with spontaneous combustion."

Lorelei King reads this thrilling Scarpetta story from bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. Scarpetta, now freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida, digs into a case more bizarre than any she has faced: one that has produced not only unusual physical evidence, but also tantalizing clues about the inner workings of an extremely cunning and criminal mind. She and her team - Pete Marino, Benton Wesley and her niece Lucy - track the odd connections between several horrific crimes and the people who are the likely suspects. As one psychopath, safely behind bars, teases Scarpetta with tips that could be fact - or fantasy - the number of killers on the loose seems to multiply. Are these events related or merely random? A complete and unabridged reading by Lorelei King.

It is a sunny morning in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and also Dr. Kay Scarpetta''s birthday. She''s about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their home. Is this a kids'' game? And if so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny they could be newly minted? Her cellphone rings, and Detective Pete Marino tells her there''s been a homicide five minutes away. A high school music teacher has been shot with uncanny precision as he unloaded groceries from his car. Yet no one has heard or seen a thing. In this 22nd Scarpetta novel, the master forensic sleuth finds herself in the unsettling pursuit of a serial sniper who leaves no incriminating evidence except fragments of copper. The shots seem impossible to achieve, yet they are so perfect that they cause death in an instant. The victims appear to have had nothing in common, and there is no pattern to indicate where the killer will strike next. Until Scarpetta comes face to face with shocking evidence that implicates her techno genius niece, Lucy, her very own flesh and blood. With the bravura storytelling and state-of-the-art forensic details that are her hallmarks, Patricia Cornwell again raises the bar with this highly entertaining new tale, her most captivating Scarpetta novel yet.

Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta of Richmond, Virginia, investigates a body found in a ship''s container from Europe. A tattoo on the body sends her flying to Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France, where she learns of a killer known as The Werewolf.

En la tranquila ciudad de Charlotte, en el estado sureño de Virginia, se ha producido una serie de asesinatos de características similares: las víctimas son hombre de negocios que no residen en la ciudad y cuyos cadáveres aparecen en coches de alquiler en un barrio de las afueras. Judy Hammer, jefa del Departamento de Policía, y Virginia West, su ayudante, intentarán resolver el caso con la colaboración de Andy Brazil, un intrépido periodista que trabaja como agente voluntario.