![]() ![]() Her vulnerability lies in the fact that she is a woman in a man’s world and her superiors are politicians with uncertain motives. Unlike many other detective heroes, she is not a maverick but is an obsessional worker who pays attention to detail and is determined to do the right thing. In common with many heroes of detective fiction, Kay Scarpetta is beset by problems – both personal and professional – and is no friend of officialdom. Told in the first person, we never know more than the narrator. There is no equivalent role in the UK, but Scarpetta’s responsibilities appear to be a combination of postmortem pathologist and police surgeon. Kay Scarpetta is the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia, and works with the police to uncover the identity of the serial murderer who is terrorising the city. As part of my Birkbeck University course, I recently had to revisit it. This is her first Kay Scarpetta novel and one that I read a long time ago. I had forgotten how good Patricia Cornwell is. ![]()
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