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 Cornwell, Patricia
| Who is the criminal that appears in at least two of Cornwell's novel and is finally killed by Kay Scarpetta? | Patricia Cornwell's Books
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Temple Gault. Ronnie Joe Waddell appears in only one {novel;} Ted Eddings was the name of a victim and Carrie Grethen was not killed by Scarpetta.
Spirituality. Death is represented by {black;} power by {red;} and enlightenment by yellow.
Kay Scarpetta. According to the story, the name Kay Scarpetta is of Italian origin. She is the main focus of the majority of Cornwell's books.
Chief Medical Examiner for Richmond, Virginia. Scarpetta is both an MD and an attorney. Her job as Chief Medical Examiner for Richmond leads her into all kinds of mysteries.
Pete Marino. Pete Marino is a seasoned and cynical detective who speaks in hard-boiled detective lingo. Scarpetta doesnt know what to make of him at first.
A Rape-Murder. Lori Peterson, a doctor at a local hospital, was raped and murdered in her own home. She was found by her husband, who noticed a sickly-sweet smell as he entered the room.
The crime was similar to others, indicating a possible serial murder situation. Lori Peterson's murder was very similar to others that had taken place recently. She was raped, tortured, and killed with a knife, as in the previous cases.
Benton Wesley. Benton Wesley is a top FBI Profiler. His job is to try and predict what the killer's motive is and what his next move will be.
Mr. Nobody. Scarpetta called the killer Mr. Nobody because she saw him as a faceless, anonymous person in a crowd, no one suspecting who he was and what he was capable of.
Scarpetta's niece. Lucy is Kay's 10 year old niece who is visiting from out of town. Not only is she completely incorrigible, she is a child-genius as well. She plays a more important role in Cornwell's later books.
| Because of a peculiar odor that lingers at Lori Peterson's crime scene Dr. Scarpetta suspects that the killer may have health problems. What metabolic disorder does she conclude the killer has? | Patricia Cornwell's 'Postmortem' Quiz
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Maple Syrup Urine Disease. At the crime scene there is a sweet sticky smell like pancake syrup. Maple syrup Urine disease causes its sufferers to have a sweet odor to all their bodily fluids.
Marino. Pete Marino has been watching Scarpetta's home because he suspects the killer will come after her. He sees him enter the house and gets there just in time to prevent Scarpetta from being killed.
Abby Turnbull. The story begins with Abby Turnbull being a sort of nemesis for Kay Scarpetta because of her aggressive reporting style, but in the end they become friends.
Henna. Henna was separated from her husband and living with Abby at the time she was killed. Abby had been out of town for the weekend and returned to find Henna murdered.
| The investigators worked for weeks trying to find a common link between the murder victims. What did they finally determine was the element that attracted the killer to his victims? | Patricia Cornwell's 'Postmortem' Quiz II
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Their speech. The killer was first attracted to the victims by their voices because that was his first contact with them. Later, he would stalk them and catch them alone.
On the phone. His first contact with them was by phone, because he was a dispatcher for the police department. Each victim, at some point, had called 911 and given her address.
Police dispatcher. As a police dispacher, the killer had access to the addresses and phone numbers for anyone who called in.
Bill Boltz. Bill Boltz happened to be Kay Scarpetta's current love interest when she heard about Abby's claims of assault. Time proves the accusations to be true.
A sickly, sweet smelling body odor. The sickly, sweet smell is especially strong during times of stress. He needs to repeatedly wash himself in order to hide his disorder.
Borawash. Borawash was a powdered hand-soap used in all city government offices. It contained borax which glows under certain light and was noticed on the victims' bodies by Scarpetta.
An article written by Abby Turnbull. At Scarpetta's request, Abby penned an article for the paper that in vague terms described the killer's medical condition. In the course of the article it was mentioned that Scarpetta was questioning the killer's mental capacity because of the effects of his condition. This enraged him.
Wingo. Wingo, who idolized Scarpetta, couldn't stand for her to be in trouble for a mistake she hadn't made. He investigated for himself and found evidence that Amburgey was trying to set Scarpetta up by tampering in the lab.
Al Hunt. Al Hunt had met Beryl briefly while detailing her car. He fancied himself highly intuitive and stepped forward with his thoughts when he learned she had been murdered.
Working at his father's car wash. Al met Beryl while cleaning her car after she had spilled some juice in the trunk.
The manuscript of her autobiography. Beryl's manuscript had been hidden away with friends in Key West. It wasn't among her personal possessions when she returned home to Richmond and was murdered.
A heart. Al Hunt brought the heart to Beryl's attention when he was cleaning her car. Knowing the stalker was probably responsible, Beryl fled to Key West.
A knife. Beryl was stabbed and slashed repeatedly as she tried to elude her killer. He eventually cut her throat with a slash so violent it almost decapitated her.
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