Dr Kay Scarpetta

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.