Patricia Daniels Cornwell
21) Quantum
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Captain Chase volume 1
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338 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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"On the eve of a top secret space mission, Captain Calli Chase detects a tripped alarm in the tunnels deep below a NASA research center. A NASA pilot, quantum physicist, and cybercrime investigator, Calli knows that a looming blizzard and government shutdown could provide the perfect cover for sabotage, with deadly consequences. As it turns out, the danger is worse than she thought. A spatter of dried blood, a missing security badge, a suspicious...
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429 pages ; 24 cm.
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the next enthralling thriller in her high-stakes series starring Kay Scarpetta--a complex tale involving a serial sniper who strikes chillingly close to the forensic sleuth herself. It's Dr. Kay Scarpetta's birthday, and she's about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their Cambridge house. Is this...
23) Spin
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Captain Chase volume 2
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402 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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"In the aftermath of a sabotaged NASA rocket launch gone, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister, as well as the startling truth of who they really are. Now a top secret program put in motion years ago has spun out of control, and Calli embarks on a frantic search for the missing link between the sabotaged rocket launch and her predetermined destiny. But it's a search that someone else is very interested in stopping."--Publisher....
26) Inhumano
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454 pages ; 24 cm.
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"La médica forense Kay Scarpetta está trabajando en la escena de una muerte sumamente sospechosa en Cambridge, Massachusetts, cuando recibe en su móvil un mensaje urgente, que contiene un enlace. Se trata de un vídeo de vigilancia de hace casi veinte años, en el que aparece su sobrina Lucy, un genio de la informática, realizando actividades muy sospechosas. Al primer vídeo le siguen otros, y la doctora Scarpetta se ve obligada a reconocer que...
27) Post mortem
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Punto de lectura volume 17/13
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470 pages ; 18 cm.
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Español
29) Causa de muerte
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394 pages ; 24 cm
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In Norfolk, Virginia, a reporter is killed while scuba diving in the naval yard. As she investigates, chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta uncovers a plot by a fascist militia to take over an atomic power plant.
30) El frente
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182 pages ; 24 cm
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"La fiscal de distrito Monique Lamont tiene un trabajo especial para Winston Garano, investigador de Homicidios a su servicio. En 1962, una joven invidente británica fue brutalmente asesinada. Ahora parece que ésta podría haber sido la primera víctima del Estrangulador de Boston. Garano no comprende por qué no es Scotland Yard quien se encarga del caso, dado que la víctima era de origen británico. Pero parece que el objectivo de Lamont es ganar...
34) Scarpetta
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484 pages ; 24 cm
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Leaving behind her Charleston forensic pathology practice to accept an assignment in New York City, Kay Scarpetta learns the story of an injured psychiatric patient who claims he was attacked by a stalker who was killing someone else at the time.
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Scarpetta volume 25
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English
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Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta has come almost full circle, returning to Virginia as the chief medical examiner, the state where she launched her storied career. Finding herself the new girl in town once again after being away for many years, she's inherited not only an overbearing secretary, but also a legacy of neglect and potential corruption. She and her husband Benton Wesley, now a forensic psychologist with the U.S. Secret Service, have...
40) Cause of death
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On a quiet day, away from the hustle of Richmond, in a small cottage on the Virginia coast, Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a disturbing phone call from the Chesapeake police. Thirty feet deep in the murky waters of Virginia's Elizabeth River, a scuba diver's body is discovered near the Inactive Naval Shipyard. As the police begin searching for clues, the wallet of investigative report Ted eddings is found. Unnerved by the possible identity of the victim,...