Books with author Patricia Powell

“Guess who’s back at school this year?” Amy asks before I get a chance to sit down.“Who?” I don’t know why I inquire, because I’m sure I don't know who she’s talking about, anyway.She leans in closer to me — so close, I can smell the cheeseburger she just took a bite of. “Josie Mendez,” she whispers so softly I can barely hear her.Who in the world is that and why would I care? I stare at her politely puzzled. Wait a minute. Why does that name sound familiar?“Hey, slugger. What’s the big secret?” Chris walks up behind me and places his hands on my shoulders. That’s when it hits me. Like a plug that’s been pulled in a sink with an open drain — Josie Mendez. The girl who accused Chris of raping her when he was a freshman.“The Josie Mendez?” I turn around to see Chris’s brows tighten into rigid lines. “His Josie Mendez?”“What about her? Haven’t we already—”“She’s back.” Books in the Karina's Journey SeriesFrom House to HomeFrom Good to BadFrom Lies to TruthGirl Unbroken - A Novella

“Guess who’s back at school this year?” Amy asks before I get a chance to sit down.“Who?” I don’t know why I inquire, because I’m sure I don't know who she’s talking about, anyway.She leans in closer to me — so close, I can smell the cheeseburger she just took a bite of. “Josie Mendez,” she whispers so softly I can barely hear her.Who in the world is that and why would I care? I stare at her politely puzzled. Wait a minute. Why does that name sound familiar?“Hey, slugger. What’s the big secret?” Chris walks up behind me and places his hands on my shoulders. That’s when it hits me. Like a plug that’s been pulled in a sink with an open drain — Josie Mendez. The girl who accused Chris of raping her when he was a freshman.“The Josie Mendez?” I turn around to see Chris’s brows tighten into rigid lines. “His Josie Mendez?”“What about her? Haven’t we already—”“She’s back.” Books in the Karina's Journey SeriesFrom House to HomeFrom Good to BadFrom Lies to TruthGirl Unbroken - A Novella

It’s Dr. Kay Scarpetta’s birthday, and she’s about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their Cambridge house. Is this a kids’ game? If so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny they could be newly minted? Her cellphone rings, and Detective Pete Marino tells her there’s been a homicide five minutes away. A high school music teacher has been shot with uncanny precision as he unloaded groceries from his car. No one has heard or seen a thing.In this 22nd Scarpetta novel, the master forensic sleuth finds herself in the unsettling pursuit of a serial sniper who leaves no incriminating evidence except fragments of copper. The shots seem impossible, yet they are so perfect they cause instant death. The victims appear to have had nothing in common, and there is no pattern to indicate where the killer will strike next. First New Jersey, then Massachusetts, and then the murky depths off the coast of South Florida, where Scarpetta investigates a shipwreck, looking for answers that only she can discover and analyze. And it is there that she comes face to face with shocking evidence that implicates her techno genius niece, Lucy, Scarpetta’s own flesh and blood.Includes an exclusive excerpt from the riveting next novel in the Kay Scarpetta series, DEPRAVED HEART.

[Read by Karen White] In this first title of a new mystery series, Cornwell introduces us to a dynamic trio of crime-solvers in Charlotte, North Carolina: Andy Brazil, an eager young reporter; Judy Hammer, the city's police chief; and Virginia West. Hammer's deputy and a genuine head-tumer. They're after a serial killer who pulls male out-of-towners from their rental cars, then multilates, spray paints and shoots them, in that order. What the trio uncovers jolts them like the sting of the hornet -- Charlotte's symbol.

Cat, Duck and Squirrel live in an old white cabin, with a pumpkin patch in the garden. Every day Cat slices up some pumpkin, Squirrel stirs in some water and Duck tips in some salt to make perfect pumpkin soup...until the day Duck wants to do the stirring...A funny, rhythmical story about friendship and sharing, with fabulous animal characters, illustrated in glowing autumnal colours, which received rave reviews in hardback.

A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. She has no idea why. But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins to suspect that the paleontologist's disappearance is connected to a series of crimes much closer to home: a gruesome murder, inexplicable tortures, and trace evidence from the last living creatures of the dinosaur age. When she turns to those around her, Scarpetta finds that the danger and suspicion have penetrated even her closest circles. Her niece Lucy speaks in riddles. Her lead investigator, Pete Marino, and FBI forensic psychologist and husband, Benton Wesley, have secrets of their own. Feeling alone and betrayed, Scarpetta is tempted by someone from her past as she tracks a killer both cunning and cruel. This is Kay Scarpetta as you have never seen her before. The Bone Bed is a must read for any fan of this series, or an ideal starting point for new readers.

[Read by Karen White]Isle of Dogs is New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell's third book in the new 'Andy Brazil' series. Newly installed superintendent of the Virginia State Police, Judy Hammer, and her right hand and confidant, Andy Brazil, are at their wits' end trying to protect the public from the politicians - and vice versa. Amid the mayhem, an island off the coast of Virginia declares UDI - claiming its independence lies in the history of America's first settlers, those who set sail from London's Isle of Dogs in 1607.