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
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