As a child, Laura Essay learned an important lesson from her grandfather, the writer Raymond Woodbury Pence: the use of storytelling to influence social change. A graduate of the University of Nebraska, Essay earned a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Creighton University School of Law and later served as an assistant attorney general for the…
When Carrie Hediger’s best friend, Sarah, collapses from a mysterious ailment, Carrie immediately suspects Sarah’s husband of having had something to do with it. Rob Newsome is a tenured professor of neuropsychiatry with access to any number of potentially fatal drugs. More damningly, he has both a weakness for pretty young women decades his junior…
Patricia Cornwell remains a preeminent name in suspense, having created one of the most boundless, groundbreaking, and memorable protagonists in literary history with Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Beginning with the publication of Postmortem (1990)—the first book ever to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity Awards and the French Prix d’ Aventures in a single year—Scarpetta…
Patricia Cornwell remains a preeminent name in suspense, having created one of the most boundless, groundbreaking, and memorable protagonists in literary history with Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Beginning with the publication of Postmortem (1990)—the first book ever to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity Awards and the French Prix d’ Aventures in a single year—Scarpetta…
Perspective can be difficult to maintain in general, let alone in times of a pandemic. Covid found many of us—readers and writers—craving comfort in the familiar to counter fear of the unknown. Consequently, #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell was unexpectedly inspired to revisit her iconic sleuth, forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta, in…
In “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”, Sherlock Holmes laments that “doctors make the greatest criminals.” He noted that, “When a doctor does go wrong, he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.” Most of us only ever interact with the medical profession when ill or injured. We rely on…
Karin Slaughter is one of the most recognizable names in crime fiction. Her books have sold more than 35 million copies in 37 languages across the globe and are perennial New York Times bestsellers. In addition to her popular Grant County and Will Trent series, she has written standalones including the Edgar-nominated Cop Town, The…
In this riveting medical thriller from Lawrence Wright, an unlikely hero races to find the origins and cure of a mysterious new killer virus as it brings the world to its knees. The End of October, about a pandemic virus that sickens millions and crushes the global economy, hits close to home in the current…
In Kira Peikoff’s new psychological thriller, Mother Knows Best a scientist illegally edits human DNA to help a mother conceive a healthy baby. But their actions carry steep consequences and lead to a deadly secret that haunts a family across the generations. This medical thriller had me compulsively turning the pages to find out what…
Saving Meghan by D.J. Palmer is a psychological thriller about a teenage girl plagued by an ever-present mysterious illness — an illness her mother insists is real, but medical professionals, and her father, are beginning to doubt. Can you love someone to death? Some would say Becky Gerard is a devoted mother and would do…
