All That Remains - Brossura

Cornwell, Patricia

Brossura

ISBN 10: 035620863X ISBN 13: 9780356208633

Casa editrice: Little, Brown, 1992

Riassunto

Physical description: 373 pages ; 24 cm. Summary: A novel featuring Dr Kay Scarpetta, female Chief Medical Examiner. The bodies of young courting couples start turning up in remote woodland areas. When the latest girl to disappear turns out to be the daughter of one of America's most powerful women, Dr Scarpetta comes under political pressure.A killer is stalking young lovers. Taking their lives and leaving just one tantalising clue. Subject: English fiction / United States. Crime & mystery fiction / Mystery & Detective / General fiction / Crime & mystery. Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character) - Women pathologists - Virginia - Murder - Investigation - Fiction. Genre: Novel. Modern fiction. Mystery fiction.

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L'autore:

Patricia Cornwell's first crime novel, Postmortem, was published in 1990 and became the first novel to win all the major crime awards in a single year. In 2008 Cornwell won the Galaxy British Book Awards' Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year - the first American ever to win this award. In 2011 she was awarded the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.

Often interviewed on US national television as a forensic consultant, Cornwell is a founder of the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine; a founding member of the National Forensic Academy; a member of the Advisory Board for the Forensic Sciences Training Program at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, NYC and a member of the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital's National Council, where she is an advocate for psychiatric research.

Fox have acquired the film rights to the Scarpetta novels, featuring Angelina Jolie as Dr Kay Scarpetta. Cornwell's books are translated into thirty-six languages across more than fifty countries, and she is regarded as one of the major international bestselling authors.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Little, Brown
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 035620863X
• ISBN 13: 9780356208633
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1