Patricia Daniels Cornwell

When Dr Kay Scarpetta responds to a call about a dead cyclist, it appears that a young woman has been attacked with almost super human force. When a second death occurs, Scarpetta is confronted with something more dangerous than she'd ever imagined.  Book 24 of series.

When the body of a woman is discovered, covered in a fine dust, an examination reveals that under ultra-violet light, it fluoresces blood-red, emerald-green and sapphire-blue. As Kay Scarpetta pieces together the evidence, she draws herself into the dark world of designer drugs, drone technology and shocking corruption at the highest level.  Book 21 of series.

Kay Scarpetta finds herself accused of the murder of Deputy Police Chief Diane Bray and of framing the psychopath previously believed to have committed the crime.  Book 11 of series.

Five dismembered, beheaded bodies were found in Ireland five years ago - now four have been discovered in the States. But the tenth corpse in Virginia is different. A copy-cat killing. Ghoulish, perhaps, but not unusual. Then abject terror grips Scarpetta and her colleagues when the next body is found with a clear and horrifying message: the killer is armed with the most lethal weapon on earth - smallpox.  Book 8 of series.