{"product_id":"cornwell-cause-of-death","title":"Cornwell: Cause Of Death","description":"Product Description      \u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003eThe seventh book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.\u003c\/font\u003e  'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The TimesAn investigative reporter is found dead in Virginia's icy waters . . .New Year's Eve and the final murder scene of Virginia's bloodiest year takes Scarpetta thirty feet below the Elizabeth River's icy surface. A diver, Ted Eddings, is dead, an investigative reporter who was a favourite at the Medical Examiner's office. Was Eddings probing the frigid depths of the Inactive Shipyard for a story, or simply diving for sunken trinkets? And why did Scarpetta receive a phone call from someone reporting the death before the police were notified?The case envelops Scarpetta, her niece Lucy, and police captain Pete Marino in a world where both cutting-edge technology and old-fashioned detective work are critical offensive weapons. Together they follow the trail of death to a well of violence as dark and forbidding as water that swirled over Ted Eddings.\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003ePraise for the groundbreaking series:\u003c\/font\u003e  'One of thebest crime writers writing today' Guardian 'Devilishly clever' Sunday Times 'The top gun in this field' Daily Telegraph 'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' Mirror 'The Agatha Christie of the DNA age' Express      Book Description      The seventh novel in the best-selling Dr Kay Scarpetta series.      About the Author      \u003cp\u003ePatricia Cornwell's first crime novel, \u003ci\u003ePostmortem\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOften 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFox 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sphere","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39666446434389,"sku":"9780751544688N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/3f79cba8-dc22-4eb0-845b-e38baf4a3139.jpg?v=1644253214","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/cornwell-cause-of-death","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}