Sharp Force, Patricia Cornwell
Sharp Force, Patricia Cornwell
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Sharp Force

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Author: Patricia Cornwell

Narrator: January LaVoy

Unabridged: 10 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/07/2025

Synopsis

From a New York Times bestselling author, a serial killer wreaks havoc on Northern Virginia, appearing as a ghostly apparition before striking—and Kay Scarpetta must avoid becoming their next victim.

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… 

About Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell is a Miami born, contemporary crime novelist. Her books usually feature the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, who is a medical examiner. After a way sad childhood, Cornwall graduated from Davidson College with a degree in English. She wrote a biography of a family friend entitled, “A Time for Remembering”, then renamed “Ruth, A Portrait: The Story of Ruth Bell Graham” in 1983. After working in a Virginia medical examiners for six years, she wrote the first installment of her “Scarpetta” series entitled “Postmortem”. Her six year job was valuable in including a lot of forensic science details in her “Scarpetta” series. Her novels are considered to have influenced the creation of the TV series on forensics such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Cold Case. In the same vein Cornwell made a brief appearance on the Criminal Minds episode “True Genius”, as herself.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on October 22, 2025

Oh how I love this series. It took a downturn for a few books in the middle but the last few have gotten back on track, at least for me. While I wasn't totally immersed in the technology this time, it did feel quite possible in our modern AI world. That said, what drew me in was the brilliant charac......more

Goodreads review by Laura on September 19, 2025

Okay. This is kind of a tough one. I did like this one much more than the last two, it feels it's back to the original framework of the series. I like the strong relationship between Kay and Benton, and of course, the suspense in their cases. However, I have no idea why Marino is still in the pictur......more

Goodreads review by Mallory on October 06, 2025

I haven’t read a Kay Scarlett’s book before. I liked the set up and Kay was an interesting character. I didn’t love some of the other characters and the family dynamics were…odd. There were also some uncomfortable parks of this to read as it involves a psychiatrist with a lack of boundaries with pat......more

Goodreads review by Miss✧Pickypants on July 16, 2025

Even though I have been toying with breaking up with this series when I saw that the next instalment (#29) is out later this year, I decided to request an ARC thinking I will get rejected like I always have in the past for this author but if approved I will give it a go. Since you are reading this y......more

Goodreads review by Emily on August 03, 2025

Thank you to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for the opportunity to read an early copy of Sharp Force. Once again, Patricia Cornwell has blown me away. For years she has been one of my favorite authors and I was thrilled to get a chance to read Sharp Force before publishing. As always, Scarpe......more

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