New Releases by Patricia Daniels

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?

"Reference guide to mammals, for children"--

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.

Un brutal asesino siembra el pánico en Richmond, Virginia, al amparo de la noche. Tres mujeres han aparecido salvajamente asesinadas en sus propios dormitorios. El responsable de estos crímenes deja muy pocas pistas y actúa siempre los sábados de madrugada. De manera que cuando la doctora Kay Scarpetta, jefa del Departamento de Medicina Legal, recibe una llamada a las dos y media de la mañana, supone que algo grave ha sucedido: hay una cuarta víctima.

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.

Dr. Kay Scarpetta is working a suspicious death scene in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when an emergency alert sounds on her phone. A video link lands in her text messages and seems to be from her computer genius niece Lucy. But how can it be? It''s clearly a surveillance film of Lucy taken almost twenty years ago. As Scarpetta watches she begins to learn frightening secrets about her beloved niece that raise dangerous legal implications, leaving Scarpetta confused, worried, and unable to turn to Lucy, her FBI husband Benton Wesley or her investigative partner Pete Marino.

This fun, smart guide answers kids'' questions as it takes them on a journey through the human body and all its systems. The book is sprinkled throughout with plenty of health tips, top-10 lists, simple experiments, and weird-but-true wacky details. Full color.

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.

A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. She has no idea why. But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins to suspect the paleontologist''s disappearance is connected to a series of crimes much closer to home: a gruesome murder, inexplicable tortures, and trace evidence from the last living creatures of the dinosaur age. When she turns to those around her, Scarpetta finds that the danger and suspicion have penetrated even her closest circles. Her niece Lucy speaks in riddles. Her lead investigator Pete Marino and FBI husband Benton Wesley have secrets of their own. Feeling alone and betrayed, Scarpetta is tempted by someone from her past as she tracks a killer both cunning and cruel.

As she investigates the murder of her former deputy chief, Kay Scarpetta discovers links to a series of otherwise unrelated killings, and soon finds herself unraveling a global terror conspiracy.

Depicts 30 great empires of the world from 2600 B.C. to the 20th century in images and maps that show the territories held by each ruler, major trade routes, paths of military campaigns and other important landmarks.

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.

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.

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.

From the Publisher: Kay Scarpetta is starting over with a unique private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina. And the death of a sixteen-year-old tennis star will usher in a string of murders more baffling -- and terrifying -- than any that have come before.

Dispatched by the district attorney to a declining Massachusetts neighborhood to address a case related to a new public relations campaign, state investigator Win Garano becomes involved with a loosely organized association of vigilante police officers.

Dr. Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner for Virginia, investigates the sex murder of a girl by an escaped convict. The probe requires exhuming the body for a second autopsy. Lots of information on bodies and autopsies.

Traces the history of how humankind evolved from its first beginnings to the complex societies that exist today.

A Massachusetts district attorney running for governor wants to use some radical new DNA technology to solve a long-ago murder. The result? A new round of violence.

Now freelancing from South Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to her old haunts in Richmond, Virginia, only to encounter a host of baffling and unwelcome surprises as she investigates the death of a fourteen-year-old girl. Reprint.

Medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta struggles to find leads to the identity of a serial killer who has murdered five couples in Richmond, Virginia, meticulously leaving no clues behind.

Deseosa de empezar una nueva vida libre de los lastres del pasado, Kay Scarpetta decide cerrar su etapa como forense en Richmond y elige Florida como destino donde alcanzar la tan anhelada tranquilidad. Sin embargo, hay alguien que no esta dispuesto a que la doctora rehaga su vida: Jean- Baptiste Chandonme, el psicopata que la aterrorizo tiempo atras, la reclama ahora desde el corredor de la muerte. La mosca de la muerte es una novela intensa cuyos protagonistas se ven irremediablemente abocados a enfrentase con fantasmas del pasado: Scarpetta con Chandonme, Pete Marino con un hombre al que todos daban por muerto y que se oculta en Boston.

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

The electrifying follow-up to Hornet''s Nest and Southern Cross. The men and women in blue -- as you''ve never seen them before.