Sharp Force

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What to expect

SCARPETTA, A BRAND NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, IS COMING SOON TO PRIME VIDEO

NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE SERIAL KILLER. NOT EVEN SCARPETTA...

During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher has struck again.

The serial killer has terrorized Northern Virginia for months. His pattern is to stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables him to invade his victims' homes and watch their every move. They wake up to a ghost-like hologram before being murdered in their beds.

Scarpetta is summoned to Mercy Island, the site of a notorious psychiatric hospital where two people have been brutalized, one of them from Scarpetta's past. It soon becomes apparent that she could be next . . .

'In Sharp Force Cornwell is at the very top of her game and Scarpetta is as finely wrought as ever. The research is impeccable as always . . . You are in the hands of a master storyteller. Sit back and prepare to be thrilled' DAVID BALDACCI

'Compelling, grisly and dark, another incredible thriller' THE SUN

'This is vintage Cornwell' THE FINANCIAL TIMES

'Masterfully plotted and utterly addictive' WOMAN'S OWN

Critics Review

PRAISE FOR UNNATURAL DEATH
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A chilling, thrilling, macabre masterpiece. Unnatural Death is Patricia Cornwell at her mesmerising finest. The best just got better
CHRIS WHITAKER
Sinister, surprising and utterly unputdownable. Cornwell at her brilliant best
M. J. ARLIDGE
Classic Cornwell with an up-to-the-minute twenty-first-century plot - an intoxicating blend that proves Scarpetta is still queen of the autopsy and Cornwell is still queen of crime fiction. An utterly thrilling roller coaster ride
ANDREA MARA
An especially good entry in the series
BOOKLIST
PRAISE FOR PATRICIA CORNWELL
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One of the best crime writers writing today
GUARDIAN
Astonishing . . . Thirty years on, there's still no other crime writer like her
SUNDAY TIMES
The top gun in this field
DAILY TELEGRAPH
America's most stimulating and chilling writer of crime fiction
THE TIMES
Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns
MIRROR
A pioneer of the genre of forensic psychological thriller
BBC
The Agatha Christie of the DNA age
EXPRESS
The queen of the forensic thriller
MAIL ON SUNDAY
Cutting-edge
SUN
When it comes to forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Slick, fast-paced and brilliant
HEAT
PRAISE FOR PATRICIA CORNWELL
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Thirty years on, there's still no other crime writer like her
SUNDAY TIMES
Cornwell really is in a league of her own
HEAT
One of the all-time greats of this genre
SUN
In Sharp Force Cornwell is at the very top of her game and Scarpetta is as finely wrought as ever. The research is as impeccable as always . . . You are in the hands of a master storyteller. Sit back and prepare to be thrilled
DAVID BALDACCI
Compelling, grisly and dark, another incredible thriller
THE SUN
This is vintage Cornwell
FINANCIAL TIMES
A masterfully plotted and utterly addictive crime thriller
WOMAN'S OWN
With Cornwell's signature forensic detail and intense pacing, this latest instalment is a must read
YOURS MAGAZINE
A brisk, kaleidoscopic thriller
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Expert pacing and psychologically nuanced and complex characters
LIBRARY JOURNAL

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