medical examiners (law)

As the chief of the Cambridge Forensic Center, Kay Scarpetta is confronted with a case that could shut down her new facility and ruin her personal and professional life.

Boston medical examiner Maura Isles's SUV stalls on a mountain road, leaving her and her friends to seek refuge in the seemingly abandoned village called Kingdom Come, but when Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli receives word that Maura's charred body was discovered in a ravine, she sets out to hunt down the killer and unravel the secrets concerning Maura's fate.

Explores how recent advances in forensic science can solve the crucial questions in a criminal case with startling accuracy.

Boston medical examiner Maura Isles teams up with Detective Jane Rizzoli to solve a bizarre murder, and as they search for the killer, they uncover a group that believes Satan exists on earth and will do anything to stop him.

Kay Scarpetta, working as a private forensic consultant in Florida, is thrown into a turmoil when Jean-Baptiste Chandonne, a serial killer she was responsible for bringing to justice, requests that she administer his death sentence in exchange for information about his crimes, as well as a new rash of killings in the area.

Medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta is anticipating a quiet New Year's Eve when she is called to investigate the death of a reporter found in the murky waters of a Navy shipyard. Her findings about the cause of death sets the FBI onto the story the dead man was following, leading Scarpetta and everyone involved into the hands of a cult fanatic.

Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta becomes involved in a strange murder mystery when she tries to discover who is committing a string of gruesome murders, but she soon realizes that someone would rather have her dead than completing her investigation.

Dr. Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner of Virginia and consultant for the FBI, is in the midst of a late-night autopsy when the call comes: Temple Brooks Gault, the sadistic serial killer has struck again, and he is hunting for her.

A medical examiner and her FBI team investigate the deaths of a mother and child, which leads them to a littleknown research facility--the Body Farm.