Jamie Lee Curtis was guest host for The Poisoned Pen’s virtual event with Patricia Cornwell. Cornwell’s latest Scarpetta novel is Sharp Focus. By now, there may not be any signed copies left, but you can still order a copy through the Webstore. https://bit.ly/4mXaYnh
Here’s the description of Sharp Focus.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell “at the very top of her game,” a serial killer wreaks havoc on Northern Virginia, appearing as a ghostly apparition before striking—and Scarpetta must avoid becoming their next victim, with SCARPETTA soon to be a streaming series starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis. (David Baldacci)
NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE SERIAL KILLER
NOT EVEN SCARPETTA…
During?the early hours of Christmas?morning, chief medical examiner?Dr.?Kay?Scarpetta receives?a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher?has struck again.
The?serial killer has?terrorized?Northern Virginia for months. His pattern is?to stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables him to invade his victims’ homes and watch their every move.?They wake up to?a ghost-like hologram before being murdered?in their beds.
Scarpetta?is summoned to?Mercy Island, the site of?a notorious?psychiatric hospital where two people have been brutalized, one of them from?Scarpetta’s?past. It soon becomes apparent that she?could be next…
Patricia Cornwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and widely considered one of the world’s top crime writers. In 1990,Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, while working at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. An auspicious debut, it went on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity Awards, as well as the French Prix du Roman d’Aventures—the first book ever to claim all these distinctions in a single year. Growing into an international phenomenon, the Scarpetta series won 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.
Today, Cornwell’s novels and iconic characters are known around the world. Beyond the Scarpetta series, Cornwell has written the definitive nonfiction account of Jack the Ripper’s identity, cookbooks, a children’s book, a biography of Ruth Graham, and three other fictional series based on the characters Win Garano, Andy Brazil, and Captain Calli Chase. Cornwell continues exploring the latest space-age technologies and threats relevant to contemporary life. Her interests range from the morgue to artificial intelligence and include visits to Interpol, the Pentagon, the U.S. Secret Service, and NASA.
Cornwell was born in Miami. She grew up in Montreat, North Carolina, and now lives and works in Boston.
Enjoy the conversation with two friends, Patricia Cornwell and Jamie Lee Curtis.