Patricia Cornwell

When a body is discovered in the hold of a cargo ship, Scarpetta and Marino believe it may be a stowaway. But an examination into a strange tattoo on the body leads them to Interpol's headquarters in Lyon. Contains offensive language.  Book 10 of series.

A young girl's violent death, in a sleepy town in North Carolina, brings Dr Kay Scarpetta to apply her forensic skills to this chilling crime. X rated, explicit sexual content and graphic violence.  Book 5 of series.

When the governor of Virginia orders the installation of speed traps on the nearby island of Tangier, the eccentric residents are up in arms. They threaten to secede and set up their own state. It is up to the new superintendent of police, Judy Hammer, to solve the crisis, with the help of state trooper Andy Brazil.  Book 3 of series.

Kay Scarpetta has arranged to meet an inmate at the high-security Georgia Prison for Women. Against advice, she is determined to hear this woman out - she believes the prisoner may hold some answers to the murder of her former deputy. But soon she finds connections to a string of grisly killings.  Book 19 of series.

Kay Scarpetta receives an apparent threat to her life and finds herself embroiled both in the case of a famous actor accused of a sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionairess. On top of all this she is pressed by CNN to launch a new TV show, The Scarpetta Factor.  Book 17 of series.