Patricia Cornwell
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Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwellis a contemporary American crime writer. She is widely known for writing a popular series of novels featuring the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a medical examiner. Her books have sold more than 100 million copies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 June 1956
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
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They won't get a hotel room on the 25th floor. They know a ladder won't reach that high. So they stay 15 and below. And wherever they go, they're looking for fire exits.
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Jack the Ripper is caught. We have done it together.
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I know from Lucy's voice that she is scared. Rarely is my brilliant, forceful, helicopter-piloting, fitness-obsessed, federal-law-enforcement-agent niece scared.
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If it turns out that something indisputably proved that this notorious killer was someone other than Walter Richard Sickert, I would be the first to offer congratulations and retract my accusations.
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That morning, summer sulked and gathered darkly over Charlotte, and heat shimmered on pavement. Traffic teemed, people pushing forward to promise as they drove through new construction, and the past was bulldozed away.
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If it's really beautiful weather, sometimes I might take a helicopter out. I got my license in 1999.
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The human capacity to be curious has always existed.
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I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
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I stop working at about 3 p.m. on Fridays.
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Leaves covered pavement like soggy cereal.
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My friends call me Miss Worst Case Scenario.
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Everyone is doing forensics.
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Botox not only helps with wrinkles, it actually makes you feel more relaxed as frowning causes tension.
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I am an Armani and a Dolce & Gabbana kind of a person.