Recommendations based on Book of the Deadby Patricia Cornwell

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  1. Scarpetta

    by Patricia Cornwell
    Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner, investigates a series of brutal murders in Richmond, Virginia.

    Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta accepts an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured man on ... (Goodreads)

  2. The Scarpetta Factor

    by Patricia Cornwell
    Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta investigates the death of a young woman while dealing with personal and professional challenges.

    It is the week before Christmas and Dr Kay Scarpetta has offered her services pro bono to New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time at all, her increased visibility seems ... (Goodreads)

  3. All That Remains

    by Patricia Cornwell
    Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner, investigates a series of murders with a common thread.

    In Richmond, Virginia, young lovers are dying. So far, four couples in the area have disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses. When the daughter of the president's newest drug ... (Goodreads)

  4. Postmortem

    by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
    Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner, investigates a serial killer in Richmond, Virginia.

    The novel opens as Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia, receives an early-morning call from Sergeant Pete Marino, a homicide detective at the Richmond Police ... (Wikipedia)

  5. 206 Bones

    by Kathy Reichs
    Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan investigates a case involving a missing girl and a mysterious message.

    The book opens with Brennan imprisoned in an enclosed space, unable to remember where she is and how she got there. , The plot is interspersed with Brennan's account of how she escapes, culminating ... (Wikipedia)

  6. From Dead to Worse

    by Charlaine Harris
    Supernatural forces wreak havoc on a Southern town, testing the bonds of family and friendship.

    After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina and the man-made horror of the explosion at the vampire Summit, Sookie Stackhouse is safe but dazed, yearning for things to get back to normal. But her ... (Wikipedia)

  7. Dead in the Family

    by Charlaine Harris
    Sookie Stackhouse navigates the aftermath of a deadly fairy war and the return of her vampire lover's maker.

    When the novel begins, Sookie Stackhouse is still recovering physically and emotionally from the torture she received at the hands of demented fairies Lochlan and Neave in the previous book (, Dead ... (Wikipedia)

  8. Sookie Stackhouse 7-copy Boxed Set

    by Charlaine Harris
    A collection of seven books following telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse as she navigates the supernatural world of vampires, werewolves, and more in small-town Louisiana.

    The New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series, now available in one deluxe boxed set! Dead until Dark is now the HBO original series True Blood Contains: Dead until Dark, Living Dead in ... (Goodreads)

  9. Crossroads of Twilight

    by Robert Jordan
    Epic fantasy adventure featuring a cast of characters fighting for control of a powerful magical artifact.

    In the tenth book of The Wheel of Time from the New York Times #1 bestselling author Robert Jordan, the world and the characters stand at a crossroads, and the world approaches twilight, when the ... (Goodreads)

  10. Monday Mourning

    by Kathy Reichs
    Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan investigates a series of murders involving young girls in Montreal.

    The plot of the story revolves around Brennan trying to decipher the clues left behind by the skeletons of three girls found in a pizza parlor basement in Montreal, Quebec , Canada, which has a ... (Wikipedia)

  11. The Wind Through the Keyhole

    by Stephen King
    A young boy embarks on a quest for truth, uncovering secrets of a forgotten past.

    The novel begins with Roland and his ka-tet arriving at a river on their journey to the Dark Tower. An elderly man who operates a ferry gets them across the river, and warns them that a severe ... (Wikipedia)

  12. The 9th Judgment

    by James Patterson
    A trail of secrets leads a detective and her partner to a mysterious serial killer.

    The most personal A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. There are no witnesses, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is ... (Goodreads)

  13. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

    by Arthur Conan Doyle
    A collection of adventures of the world's most famous detective, solving mysterious cases.

    'If I were assured of your eventual destruction I would, in the interests of the public, cheerfully accept my own.' In The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes , the consulting detective's notoriety as the ... (Goodreads)

  14. Envy

    by Sandra Brown
    A romantic suspense novel following the intertwined lives of a wealthy family and the woman they have wronged.

    New York book editor Maris Matherly-Reed knows a best seller when she sees one - even if it is just a tantalizing partial manuscript submitted by a writer identified only as P.M.E., with the return ... (Goodreads)

  15. The Remnant

    by Tim LaHaye
    A post-apocalyptic tale of faith and survival as a small group of believers struggle to survive amidst the devastation.

    The Remnant begins immediately after the end of, Desecration, . The Great Tribulation unfolds, with one million believers gathered in Petra under the protection of God as Global Community Supreme ... (Wikipedia)

  16. Drood

    by Dan Simmons
    Victorian mystery novel, exploring the unsolved mystery of the death of Charles Dickens.

    Drood … is the name and nightmare that obsesses Charles Dickens for the last five years of his life. On June 9, 1865, Dickens and his mistress are secretly returning to London, when their express ... (Goodreads)

  17. Brother Odd

    by Dean Koontz
    A traumatized war veteran seeks solace and peace in a secluded monastery, only to uncover more mysteries from his past.

    The novel begins seven months after, Forever Odd, . During that time, Odd Thomas has been a guest at St. Bartholomew's Abbey, where he hopes to seek peace and understanding. During his time there, he ... (Wikipedia)

  18. Lasher

    by Anne Rice
    The second book in the Mayfair Witches series, following the story of the powerful and seductive spirit Lasher and his connection to the Mayfair family.

    The Talamasca, documenters of paranormal activity, is on the hunt for the newly born Lasher. Mayfair women are dying from hemorrhages and a strange genetic anomaly has been found in Rowan and ... (Goodreads)

  19. Dark Desire

    by Christine Feehan
    A tale of forbidden love between a woman and a mysterious stranger with a dark secret.

    The book begins with Jacques Dubrinsky, younger brother to Mikhail, being tortured and buried alive by members of the same fanatical group that attacked Raven and killed his sister some 25 years ... (Wikipedia)

  20. Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages

    by Tim LaHaye
    The final battle between good and evil as prophesied in the Bible, with a focus on the events leading up to it.

    Book 11 in the 12-book series that has sold over 63 million copies! Read the books that launched a cultural phenomenon! “This is the most successful Christian fiction series ever.” —Publishers Weekly ... (Barnes & Noble)

  21. The Indwelling

    by Tim LaHaye
    A series of apocalyptic events that lead to a great spiritual battle between good and evil.

    People flee from the scene of the assassination in a panic. Buck Williams notices that the gunshot sounded similar to the sound of the gun Nicolae used to kill Eli and Moishe. Rayford Steele is still ... (Wikipedia)

  22. Forever Odd

    by Dean Koontz
    Odd Thomas returns to his hometown to save a friend from evil forces. A thrilling and suspenseful supernatural mystery.

    After Odd Thomas discovers that his childhood friend Danny has been kidnapped and his step-father brutally murdered, he assumes that Danny's birth father, who was recently released from prison, has ... (Wikipedia)

  23. The Mephisto Club

    by Tess Gerritsen
    A series of gruesome murders lead a detective to a secret society obsessed with the devil. A thrilling and chilling mystery.

    In Gerritsens latest New York Times bestseller, medical examiner Maura Isles and detective Jane Rizzoli take on a society of scholars that studies the history of evil–and the grisly killer it has ... (Goodreads)

  24. Dark Guardian

    by Christine Feehan
    A young woman with psychic abilities is rescued by a powerful and mysterious man who protects her from danger.

    They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light.... He ran with the wolves...materialized from the mists...hijacked the very heavens to his whims. He was the ... (Goodreads)

  25. Skinwalkers

    by Tony Hillerman
    Navajo Tribal Police investigate a murder and discover a link to ancient Navajo legends of shape-shifting witches.

    Jim Chee wakes from restless sleep about 2:30 am, hearing the cat enter through the cat door into his trailer. When Chee is out of bed, three shotgun blasts come through the trailer wall over his ... (Wikipedia)

  26. All My Friends Are Dead

    by Avery Monsen
    A lighthearted exploration of death, in the context of the animal kingdom.

    "Laugh out loud funny, and a tiny bit disturbing. In other words, perfect.", - The Huffington Post An amusing and captivating tale that's a delightful primer for laughing at the inevitable: If you're ... (Goodreads)

  27. Gerald's Game

    by Stephen King
    An innocent game between a married couple turns into a fight for survival.

    Jessie Burlingame and her husband Gerald, a successful and aggressive lawyer, travel to their secluded lakehouse in western Maine for an unplanned romantic getaway. The titular "game" involves ... (Wikipedia)

  28. The Solitude of Prime Numbers

    by Paolo Giordano
    A poignant story of two strangers struggling to find a connection in a world of loneliness.

    As a seven-year-old girl, Alice Della Rocca is forced by her father to take skiing lessons, although she hates the ski school and has no particular aptitude for the sport. One morning, Alice is ... (Wikipedia)

  29. The Little Paris Bookshop

    by Nina George
    A heartbroken bookseller sails through France on a literary journey to heal his own broken heart.

    “There are books that are suitable for a million people, others for only a hundred. There are even remedies—I mean books—that were written for one person only…A book is both medic and medicine at ... (Goodreads)

  30. A Song of Ice and Fire

    by George R.R. Martin
    Epic saga of war and political intrigue set in a mythical medieval world.

    For the first time, all five novels in the epic fantasy series that inspired HBO's "Game of Thrones "are together in one boxed set. An immersive entertainment experience unlike any other, A Song of ... (Goodreads)