Character Profile

Dr. Kay Scarpetta

Chief M.E.of Virginia, Lawyer and FBI consultant

A Character By:

Patricia Cornwell

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Associated Characters:

Lucy Farinelli:

Scarpetta’s Niece, FBI agent (HRT), Tech. wizard

Capt. Pete Marino:

Police Officer, FBI consultant.

Spec. Agent. Benton Wesley:

FBI, Head of Special Behaviour Unit.

Featured Novels:

1) Post-Mortem

2) Body of Evidence

3) All That Remains

4) Cruel & Unusual

5) The Body Farm

As usual I continue to be a big fan of Patricia Cornwell... In this book a girl is found murdered the same way the infamous Gault leaves his victims. Lucy, expelled from the FBI for espionage (which is completely unlikely and incredibly outrageous!), in a car accident and arrested for DWI. The good thing is she was cleared but only after it was found that - her partner and ex-lover - Carrie was selling FBI secrets and that the accident was actually meant for Kay (who as we all know Carrie hates). This story takes a weird twist though when it turns out the child's mother killed her! Though a freaky thought there is such things like this that happen and us referred to as (another example can be seen in the movie "The Sixth Sense". The actual title of this book The Body Farm only appears briefly in the story it is showed as a grotesque center where they test the effects of the elements on donated bodies in order to see how it affects the bodies.)

6) From Potters Field

Called to New York, the team finds another victim murdered and displayed in Central Park. Suspected is the illusive criminal Temple Gault (yes him again). Clues lead to the discovery of recent victim as the twin sister of Gault. With the aide of the co-writer of the FBI Crime Database: CAIN, Gault plays with Scarpetta and the FBI leading to his final target who is Kay herself. Their final confrontation in the subway system leads to the final demise of Gault.

7) Cause of Death

A reporter's body is discovered in the river-an apparent suicide. Further investigation leads to the discovery of murder and the involvement of the New Zionist's, a radical terrorist group. Crooked cops and the military aid in the take over of a nuclear power plant and a stolen submarine.

8) Unnatural Exposure

9) Point of Origin

10) Black Notice

11) The Last Precinct

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Last updated: March 31, 2001