All That Remains

About All That Remains

In Richmond, Virginia, young lovers are dying. So far, four couples in the area have disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses. When the daughter of the president’s newest drug czar vanishes along with her boyfriend, Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows time is short. Following a macabre trail of evidence that ties the present homicides to a grisly crime in the past, Kay must draw upon her own personal resources to track down a murderer who is as skilled at eliminating clues as Kay is at finding them …

  • Complete Title: All That Remains (Kay Scarpetta, #3)
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 373
  • Publication Time: August 17, 1992
  • Publisher: Scribner
  • ISBN: 0684193957
  • ISBN13: 9780684193953

About Patricia Cornwell

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Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, in 1990 while working as a computer analyst at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. Postmortem, was the first bona fide forensic thriller. It paved the way for an explosion of entertainment featuring in all things forensic across film, television and literature.

Postmortem would go on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure prize – the first book ever to claim all these distinctions in a single year. To date, Cornwell’s books have sold some 100 million copies in thirty-six languages in over 120 countries. She’s authored twenty-nine New York Times bestsellers.

Patricia’s novels center primarily on medical examiner Kay Scarpetta along with her tech-savvy niece Lucy and fellow investigator Pete Marino. Celebrating 25 years, these characters have grown into an international phenomenon, winning Cornwell the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author, the Gold Dagger Award, the RBA Thriller Award, and the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters for her contributions to literary and artistic development.

Fox 2000 bought the rights to Kay Scarpetta. Working with producer Liz Friedman, Marvel’s Jessica Jones and fellow Marvel EP and Twilight Saga scribe Melissa Rosenberg to develop the film and find Scarpetta a home on the big screen.

After earning her degree in English from Davidson College in 1979, she began working at the Charlotte Observer.

Cornwell received widespread attention and praise for her series of articles on prostitution and crime in downtown Charlotte. From the Charlotte Observer, Cornwell moved to a job with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia – a post she would later bestow upon the fictional Kay Scarpetta.

When not writing from her Boston home, Patricia tirelessly researches cutting-edge forensic technologies to include in her work. Her interests span outside the literary: Patricia co-founded of the Conservation Scientist Chair at the Harvard University Art Museums. She appears as a forensic consultant on CNN and serves as a member of Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital’s National Council, where she advocates for psychiatric research. She’s helped fund the ICU at Cornell’s Animal Hospital, the scientific study of a Confederate submarine, the archaeological excavation of Jamestown, and a variety of law enforcement charities. Patricia is also committed to
funding scholarships and literacy programs. Her advice to aspiring authors: “Start writing. And don’t take no for an answer.”

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Other areas of expertise & interests
Forensics | Forensic Technologies | Ballistics | Weapons | Explosives | Pathology & Autopsies | Crime | Historical and Unsolved Criminal Cases | Jack The Ripper | Helicopter Piloting | Suba Diving | Archaeological Excavation Experience |

Reviews All That Remains

The “Kay Scarpetta” mystery series by Patricia Cornwell was one of the first adult mystery book series I began reading. I also started these very young, around 13 or 14, which may not be the best thin…

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“A haze had dulled the sky, and a plane was a silver needle pulling a white thread beneath the sun.” ― Patricia Cornwell, All That Remains3.5 stars.This was the first Kay Scarpetta book I have r…

User ImageBren fall in love with the sea.

All That Remains is a Patricia Cornwell novel, #3 in the Kay Scarpetta series. Scarpetta is a Medical Examiner for the Virginia Commonwealth who tends to investigate the cases before her with the help…

User ImageLouie the Mustache Matos

This was another very easy read in the Scarpetta series. Non-Scarpetta readers be advised, you do not need to start from the start. Each book is standalone and you can read them in any order.This is a…

User ImageBaz MW

2,5 stars. Some good moments but too much talking and not enough action. And IMHO, the conclusion seemed to me kind of a soap opera. Scribd.com’s English text, and translation for Portuguese + audio i…

User ImageJanete on semi-hiatus due health issues

Workmanlike execution of a well-conceived forensic investigation and police proceduralYoung couples are being executed but the psychopathic serial killer – having left behind a cryptic calling card in…

User ImagePaul Weiss

This is an entertaining, well-written, fast paced forensic thriller. It is a police procedural, with an intelligent, strong and capable female protagonist, murder, mystery, Ms. Cornwell’s signature, s…

User ImageTracey

It’s come to my attention that I’ve read roughly a gajillion series to various stages of completion, thanks to my short attention span and having too many interests. I’ve decided to tackle this situat…

User ImageThe Girl with the Sagittarius Tattoo

Number three in the Dr Scarpetta series.Hard to put a handle on this book. Thriller, mystery, who done it, really all of the aforementioned.For a number of years young couples have going missing only…

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