Postmortem

<p><h3><b>The first book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell - now an original series on Prime Video.</b></h3><br><br>A serial killer is on the loose in Richmond, Virginia. Three women have died, brutalised and strangled in their own bedroom. There is no pattern: the killer appears to strike at random - but always early on Saturday mornings.<br><br>So when Dr Kay Scarpetta, chief medical officer, is awakened at 2.33 am, she knows the news is bad: there is a fourth victim. And she fears now for those that will follow unless she can dig up new forensic evidence to aid the police.<br><br>But not everyone is pleased to see a woman in this powerful job. Someone may even want to ruin her career and reputation . . .<br><br><b>The next book in the <i>Scarpetta </i>series is <i>Body of Evidence. </i>And don't miss <i>True Crime</i>, Patricia Cornwell's jaw-dropping memoir - available now.</b><br><br>'Devilishly clever' <b><i>SUNDAY TIMES </i></b><br>'The top gun in this field' <b><i>DAILY TELEGRAPH</i></b><br>'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' <b><i>MIRROR</i></b><br>'The Agatha Christie of the DNA age' <b><i>EXPRESS</i></b></p>