内容简介:Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta escaped from the clutches of the Werewolf killer at the conclusion of "Black Notice". Now, Kay finds herself the subject of a criminal investigation, and discovers that the Werewolf murders may extend far back into the darkest corners of her past.
Name: Patricia Cornwell Biography Patricia Cornwell writes crime fiction from an unusually informed point of view. While many writers are, as she says, conjuring up "fantasy" assumptions regarding what really goes into tracking criminals and examining crime scenes, Cornwell really does walk the walk, which is why her novels ring so true. Before becoming one of the most widely recognized, respected, and read writers in contemporary crime fiction, she worked as a police reporter for The Charlotte Observer and as a computer analyst in the chief medical examiner's office in Virginia. During this period of her life, Cornwell observed literally hundreds of autopsies. While the vast majority of people would surely regard such work unsavory beyond belief, Cornwell was acquiring valuable information that would not only help her write the groundbreaking 2002 study Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed but would also enrich her fiction with uncommon authenticity. "Most of these crime scene... read more Name: Patricia Cornwell Also Known As: Patricia Daniels Cornwell (full name) Current Home: Boston, MA and New York, NY Date of Birth: June 9, 1956 Place of Birth: Miami, Florida Education: B.A. in English, Davidson College, 1979; King College Awards: Edgar Award for Postmortem, 1991; Gold Dagger for Cruel and Unusual, 1993 *Patricia Cornwell'sofficial web site Biography Patricia Cornwell writes crime fiction from an unusually informed point of view. While many writers are, as she says, conjuring up "fantasy" assumptions regarding what really goes into tracking criminals and examining crime scenes, Cornwell really does walk the walk, which is why her novels ring so true. Before becoming one of the most widely recognized, respected, and read writers in contemporary crime fiction, she worked as a police reporter for The Charlotte Observer and as a computer analyst in the chief medical examiner's office in Virginia. During this period of her life, Cornwell observed literally hundreds of autopsies. While the vast majority of people would surely regard such work unsavory beyond belief, Cornwell was acquiring valuable information that would not only help her write the groundbreaking 2002 study Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed but would also enrich her fiction with uncommon authenticity. "Most of these crime scene shows... are what I call Harry Potter' policing," she said in a candid, heated interview. "They're absolutely fantasy. And the problem is the general public watches these, 60 million people a week or whatever, and they think what they're seeing is true." If Cornwell comes off as a bit vehement in her criticism of television shows meant to simply entertain, that's just because she takes her work so seriously. Not that Cornwell's novels are ever anything short of entertaining, even if their grisly details may require extra-strong stomachs of her readers. She has created a tremendously well-defined and complex character in her favorite fictional crime solver Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Cornwell introduced medical examiner Scarpetta in her first novel, Postmortem in 1990. Today, Scarpetta is still cracking cases and cracking open cadavers. (She has even inspired a cook book called Food to Die For: Secrets from Kay Scarpetta's Kitchen.) In addition, Cornwell writes more lighthearted cop capers in her Andy Brazil & Judy Hammer series. Good To Know Cornwell knows what its like to shatter records. Her debut, Postmortem, was the only novel by a first-time author to ever win five major mystery awards in a single year. Cornwell may be a former crime solver, but she shudders to think that her books could actually contribute to crime. In fact, she says she has received "thank you" notes from prisoners who claim they have gleaned information from her books that might help them cover their tracks while committing future crimes. If parody is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, then Cornwell has a fan in Chris Elliott. The professional wisenheimer published a hilarious takeoff on her true crime book Portrait of a Killer called The Shroud of the Thwacker.
★文学公会、推理协会、双日读书俱乐部 三大读书会主推图书
★东野圭吾最推崇的作家
★DNA时代的阿加莎?克里斯蒂
★全景展现神秘的法医世界
★系列销量超过1亿册
★囊括5项欧美文学大奖
★ 36种文字风靡全球
★在罪恶与谎言的荆棘里，唱那无辜者的哀歌
没了眼泪和悲伤，再也不想抗争，最终只能绝望地陷进黑暗的泥沼。 ——凯?斯卡佩塔
“狼人”上门夺命，女法医斯卡佩塔险中自卫，却引得舆论一片挞伐；
百口莫辩之时，又被警方当作杀害女警官布雷的嫌疑人；
向友人安娜袒露内心伤痛，怎知所言欲被用作呈堂供证。
扑朔迷离的骇人虐杀案依然在继续，腹背受敌的女法医会以何种身份出庭，证人、原告，还是被告？站在身败名裂边缘的她，如何摆脱“当局者迷”的劫数，还自己清白？本顿身后留下的蹊跷档案“终极辖区”，又暗示了谁的尽头……
Name: Patricia Cornwell Biography Patricia Cornwell writes crime fiction from an unusually informed point of view. While many writers are, as she says, conjuring up "fantasy" assumptions regarding what really goes into tracking criminals and examining crime scenes, Cornwell really does walk the walk, which is why her novels ring so true. Before becoming one of the most widely recognized, respected, and read writers in contemporary crime fiction, she worked as a police reporter for The Charlotte Observer and as a computer analyst in the chief medical examiner's office in Virginia. During this period of her life, Cornwell observed literally hundreds of autopsies. While the vast majority of people would surely regard such work unsavory beyond belief, Cornwell was acquiring valuable information that would not only help her write the groundbreaking 2002 study Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed but would also enrich her fiction with uncommon authenticity. "Most of these crime scene... read more Name: Patricia Cornwell Also Known As: Patricia Daniels Cornwell (full name) Current Home: Boston, MA and New York, NY Date of Birth: June 9, 1956 Place of Birth: Miami, Florida Education: B.A. in English, Davidson College, 1979; King College Awards: Edgar Award for Postmortem, 1991; Gold Dagger for Cruel and Unusual, 1993 *Patricia Cornwell'sofficial web site Biography Patricia Cornwell writes crime fiction from an unusually informed point of view. While many writers are, as she says, conjuring up "fantasy" assumptions regarding what really goes into tracking criminals and examining crime scenes, Cornwell really does walk the walk, which is why her novels ring so true. Before becoming one of the most widely recognized, respected, and read writers in contemporary crime fiction, she worked as a police reporter for The Charlotte Observer and as a computer analyst in the chief medical examiner's office in Virginia. During this period of her life, Cornwell observed literally hundreds of autopsies. While the vast majority of people would surely regard such work unsavory beyond belief, Cornwell was acquiring valuable information that would not only help her write the groundbreaking 2002 study Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed but would also enrich her fiction with uncommon authenticity. "Most of these crime scene shows... are what I call Harry Potter' policing," she said in a candid, heated interview. "They're absolutely fantasy. And the problem is the general public watches these, 60 million people a week or whatever, and they think what they're seeing is true." If Cornwell comes off as a bit vehement in her criticism of television shows meant to simply entertain, that's just because she takes her work so seriously. Not that Cornwell's novels are ever anything short of entertaining, even if their grisly details may require extra-strong stomachs of her readers. She has created a tremendously well-defined and complex character in her favorite fictional crime solver Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Cornwell introduced medical examiner Scarpetta in her first novel, Postmortem in 1990. Today, Scarpetta is still cracking cases and cracking open cadavers. (She has even inspired a cook book called Food to Die For: Secrets from Kay Scarpetta's Kitchen.) In addition, Cornwell writes more lighthearted cop capers in her Andy Brazil & Judy Hammer series. Good To Know Cornwell knows what its like to shatter records. Her debut, Postmortem, was the only novel by a first-time author to ever win five major mystery awards in a single year. Cornwell may be a former crime solver, but she shudders to think that her books could actually contribute to crime. In fact, she says she has received "thank you" notes from prisoners who claim they have gleaned information from her books that might help them cover their tracks while committing future crimes. If parody is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, then Cornwell has a fan in Chris Elliott. The professional wisenheimer published a hilarious takeoff on her true crime book Portrait of a Killer called The Shroud of the Thwacker.
美国著名作家，“顶级侦探No.1”，作品全球销售总量超过1亿册。
早期做过刑事新闻记者、州法医办公室检验记录员与电脑分析员、里士满市义务警察，曾接受FBI特训……曲折而独特的经历，使她成功塑造出一个与福尔摩斯齐名的首席女法医——凯?斯卡佩塔。
正是到了康薇尔的笔下，“法医”这个幕后角色才第一次隆重走到台前，不但使众多断头无绪的案件初露真相的晨曦，甚至成为一批悬案解锁的钥匙。众多媒体为此隆重报道：“斯卡佩塔和作家共同开辟了一个时代，一个让尸体开口说话的时代。”“首席女法医”令越来越多的媒体和读者痴迷，以34种文字风行全球。