01717cam a2200373 4500 339242284 TxAuBib 20100723120000.0 890505s1990||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 89010177 9780762188598 0762188596 (OCoLC)438318549 TxAuBib Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. Postmortem / Patricia Daniels Cornwell. New York : Impress Mystery, 1990. 333 p. ; 22 cm. Kay Scarpetta ; ; 1 Subtitle on jacket: A mystery introducing Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Accelerated Reader Word Count - 98130. Cornwell, a former reporter who has worked in a medical examiner's office, sets her first mystery in Richmond, Va. Chief medical officer for the commonwealth of Virginia, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the narrator, dwells on her efforts to identify "Mr. Nobody," the strangler of young women. The doctor devotes days and nights to gathering computer data and forensic clues to the killer, although she's hampered by male officials anxious to prove themselves superior to a woman. Upper grades (9-12) through adult. Accelerated Reader AR 5.6 15.0 25860. 20010420. Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character) Fiction. Women detectives Virginia Richmond Fiction. Medical examiners (Law) Fiction. Richmond (Va) Fiction. Detective and mystery stories. Medical novels. Kay Scarpetta ; ; 1. ALEML