Trigger Warnings: Sexual Violence, Violence Against Women

Plot Summary:

Post-Mortem is the first novel in Patricia Cornwell’s twenty-eight-book series. Protagonist Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the chief medical examiner in Richmond, Virginia, has seen an influx of clients with a serial killer on the loose and an incompetent police department. The only link between the murdered women is their manner of death. Scarpetta takes it upon herself to find the missing link and stop the killings. If the case wasn’t difficult enough, somebody is out to sabotage Dr. Scarpetta, but she can’t stop until she knows the truth. After all, the murdered women were just like her – something that haunts her more than the ice-cold bodies in the morgue. Continue reading “Patricia Cornwell, Post-Mortem (1990)” →