Kate’s 2¢: “Autopsy” by Patricia Daniels Cornwell

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   Several years ago, I read other books featuring Kay Scarpetta, but, it took me several pages to catch up on who was connected to whom  and why.

   This was published in 2021 and I was amused to find that Cornwell had incorporated the latest about the Covid-19 pandemic, the ‘current’ administration in Washington, D.C. and the animosity with Russia (which, in February, 2022) invaded Ukraine).

   Susan Ericksen did a good job of reading this story. Thank you.

From the WEB:

Patricia (Patsey) Cornwell was born on June 9, 1956 in Miami, Florida, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for The Front (2010), Kay Scarpetta and Untitled Kay Scarpetta Project. She has been married to Staci Gruber since February 24, 2005. She was previously married to Charles L. Cornwell.

   She is a descendant of author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Graduated in 1979 with a degree in literature

In 1984 she took a job in the Virginia medical examiner’s office and for six years she worked at the morgue, first as a technical writer, then as a computer analyst

Was a police reporter

Her first book was a biography of Ruth Bell Graham, whom she had befriended as a child, called A Time for Remembering. It was published in 1983.

She helped establish the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Autopsy: a Scarpetta novel DB106057

Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. Reading time: 11 hours, 56 minutes.

Read by Susan Ericksen.

Suspense Fiction

Mystery and Detective Stories

Medical Fiction

Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta is returning to Virginia as the chief medical examiner. Neglect and corruption plague the agency, but her attention is soon captured by the murder of a woman close to her own neighborhood. A catastrophe in outer space causes her to be called to the White House. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2021.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Autopsy” by Patricia Daniels Cornwell