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Livid
On sale
25th October 2022
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Reviews
The Agatha Christie of the DNA age
Slick, fast-paced and brilliant
Riveting
This is Scarpetta's 26th outing and the plotting remains every bit as fresh as when we were introduced to her
Cornwell knows how to craft a mean page-turner and Livid is no exception
America's most stimulating and chilling writer of crime fiction
Astonishing . . . Thirty years on, there's still no other crime writer like her
The queen of the forensic thriller
Post-mortem scenes that [will] make fans of this long-running series salivate . . . Something to look forward to
When it comes to forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell
The top gun in this field
Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns
Cutting-edge
A pioneer of the genre of forensic psychological thriller
PRAISE FOR PATRICIA CORNWELL
More than thirty years and twenty-six Scarpetta books later, Cornwell is still knocking it out of the park
Cornwell's on blistering form and this absorbing thriller will keep you hooked
I'm still seeing stars. A great thriller. One of the hardest things as a series writer is keeping your famous heroes fresh year after year. Kay Scarpetta is not only still fresh, she's the same grumpy, wonderful, riveting personality she's always been - a full-on human being - and she's only getting better with time. I love catching up with her every year
One of the best crime writers writing today
Gripping . . . Sound the klaxon, Patricia Cornwell's brilliant chief medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta is back