Sharp Force
On sale
16th July 2026
Price: £10.99
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SCARPETTA, A BRAND NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, IS NOW ON PRIME VIDEO
NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE SERIAL KILLER. NOT EVEN SCARPETTA…
In the early hours of the 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 . . .
DON’T MISS TRUE CRIME, PATRICIA CORNWELL’S JAW-DROPPING MEMOIR – AVAILABLE NOW
‘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
NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE SERIAL KILLER. NOT EVEN SCARPETTA…
In the early hours of the 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 . . .
DON’T MISS TRUE CRIME, PATRICIA CORNWELL’S JAW-DROPPING MEMOIR – AVAILABLE NOW
‘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
Reviews
The queen of the forensic thriller
With Cornwell's signature forensic detail and intense pacing, this latest instalment is a must read
The top gun in this field
An especially good entry in the series
Compelling, grisly and dark, another incredible thriller
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
PRAISE FOR UNNATURAL DEATH
Sinister, surprising and utterly unputdownable. Cornwell at her brilliant best
A chilling, thrilling, macabre masterpiece. Unnatural Death is Patricia Cornwell at her mesmerising finest. The best just got better
A pioneer of the genre of forensic psychological thriller
A brisk, kaleidoscopic thriller
The Agatha Christie of the DNA age
Astonishing . . . Thirty years on, there's still no other crime writer like her
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
Expert pacing and psychologically nuanced and complex characters
America's most stimulating and chilling writer of crime fiction
When it comes to forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell
One of the all-time greats of this genre
Thirty years on, there's still no other crime writer like her
One of the best crime writers writing today
This is vintage Cornwell
The queen of the forensic thriller
America's most stimulating and chilling writer of crime fiction
A masterfully plotted and utterly addictive crime thriller
Slick, ghoulish, and a reliable stocking-filler for crime fiction lovers
Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns
One of the best crime writers writing today
PRAISE FOR PATRICIA CORNWELL
Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns
The Agatha Christie of the DNA age
Slick, fast-paced and brilliant
PRAISE FOR PATRICIA CORNWELL
The top gun in this field
Cutting-edge
Cornwell really is in a league of her own
