Postmortem / Body of Evidence / All That Remains

Postmortem / Body of Evidence / All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780765191120.

Postmortem introduces Dr. Scarpetta, who knows the smell of bone dust from a skullcap saw and how to read a body for clues via lasers, DNA, and computers. As Scarpetta slowly closes in on a killer known as Mr. Nobody, she gets the creepy, well-informed feeling that the killer is closing in on her. Cornwells debut swept the mystery-writing awards and made her somebody. In Body of Evidence, Scarpetta investigates the murder of a Southern writer who mysteriously opened the door for her killer. In All That Remains, she hunts a serial killer of young lovers--including the daughter of the presidents drug czar, which complicates the forensic chase with political intrigue.