Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwellis a contemporary American crime writer. She is widely known for writing a popular series of novels featuring the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner. Her books have sold more than 100 million copies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 June 1956
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
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The Ripper case is not one to be conclusively solved by DNA or fingerprints, ... and in a way, this is good. Society has come to expect the wizardry of forensic science to solve all crimes, but without the human element of deductive skills, teamwork, very hard investigation, and smart prosecution, evidence means nothing.
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We have a really serious problem on our hands, and TV has made it so much worse. CSI is fun to watch and entertaining. But, more and more, jury members believe that police and scientists work every case with this huge bag of tricks, and if they don't, the victim and jurors feel the case has not been adequately investigated.
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My ongoing investigation is far from an obsession, but an excellent opportunity to provide a platform for applying modern science to a very old, highly visible case in the hope that we might learn something that could help solve modern crimes.
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In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case.
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My friends call me Miss Worst Case Scenario.
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They won't get a hotel room on the 25th floor. They know a ladder won't reach that high. So they stay 15 and below. And wherever they go, they're looking for fire exits.
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It's criminal if successful authors don't support literacy. I challenge them all to write a check.
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That morning, summer sulked and gathered darkly over Charlotte, and heat shimmered on pavement. Traffic teemed, people pushing forward to promise as they drove through new construction, and the past was bulldozed away.
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Well, I don't know. But if you can, I'll take my chances. I'd like them to prove he didn't do it.
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Benton Wesley was taking off his running shoes in my kitchen when I ran to him, my heart tripping over fear and hate and remembered horror.
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Because if somebody literally proves me wrong not only will I feel horrible about it, but I will look terrible.
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Putnam has done a wonderful job for me. Why would I want to be published anywhere else?
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I know from Lucy's voice that she is scared. Rarely is my brilliant, forceful, helicopter-piloting, fitness-obsessed, federal-law-enforcement-agent niece scared.
I am an Armani and a Dolce & Gabbana kind of a person.