Postmortem; Body Of Evidence; All That Remains - Three Complete Novels

Patricia Cornwell's first three Kay Scarpetta mysteries includes: POSTMORTEN (1990) - the only novel ever to have won the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony and Macavity awards in one year, introduces Chief medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta. The untimely death of Dr. Lori Peterson and the fear that her killer will strike again require Scarpetta to bring to bear her extraordinary skills to solve the murder as she deals with treachery in the medical examiner's office; BODY OF EVIDENCE (1991) - Author Beryl Madison has been brutally murdered and Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta must unravel the convoluted and bizarre skein of clues which lead to the murderer. At the same time her former lover, lawyer Mark James, mysteriously reappears in her life complicating an already dangerous and frightening investigation; and ALL THAT REMAINS (1992) - Fred and Deborah Harvey are the latest victims in a string of mysterious killings in the Williamsburg, Virginia area that the press has called the Couple Killings. Under pressure from Pat Harvey, the nation's "drug czar" and mother of one of the victims, and at odds with the FBI which is withholding evidence, Kay Scarpetta uses her exceptional ability as a forensic pathologist to solve the crime.