Patricia Cornwell

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744 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 30 Jun

Patricia Cornwell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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But that would have been four attempts at crime novels that nobody wanted.
But an editor who had rejected three of my books suggested I make Scarpetta the main character because she was a minor character in my earlier ones.
And the person told me, that is your best character.
That's who I want to hear about.
And by the way, these fanciful stories you're writing about buried treasure and cheated wills and, you know, and archaeology digs where something bad happens.
Is that what you see at the medical examiner's office?
I said, never, never.
Death there is ugly.
She said, but I want to see what you see.
So that's how postmortem started.
We'll be right back.
That's about the age I was when I got my – I didn't get my pilot's license until –
I was like 43.
I think I was 43 when I got it.
Okay, well, it's not too late.
No, it's not.
Honey, you're just getting started.
As my mother used to say, you're a spring chicken.
But I better go scuba diving.
And you did it.
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