18 books like The Sinner

What to read after The Sinner — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Body Double Tess Gerritsen · 2004 · ★ 3.5 · 358p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles literally meets her match--and must face a savage serial killer and shattering personal revelations--in the brilliant new novel of suspense by the New York Times bestselling author of The Surgeon and The Sinner.Dr. Maura Isles makes her living dealing with death. As a pathologist in a major metropolitan city, she has seen more than her share of corpses… Shares: Detective Rizzoli, Forensic pathologists, Women physicians, Serial murder investigation

Point of Origin Patricia Cornwell · 1998 · ★ 4.4 · 412p · ≈ 13h · Moderate From the author of Unnatural Exposure and Cause of Death comes a new Kay Scarpetta novel that pits Virginia's chief medical examiner against an audacious and wily killer who uses fire to mask his crimes. And when Scarpetta learns that her old nemesis, Carrie Grethen, is somehow involved, the investigation gets personal and tragedy strikes closer to home. Shares: Medical examiners, Forensic pathologists, Women physicians, Serial murder investigation

The Surgeon Tess Gerritsen · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 382p · ≈ 12h · Moderate If it's gripping, it's Gerritsen. The terrifying first Jane Rizzoli bestseller.In Boston, there's a killer on the loose. A killer who targets lone women, who breaks into their apartments and performs terrifying ritualistic acts of torture on them before finishing them off. His surgical skills lead police to suspect he is a physician – a physician who, instead of saving lives, takes them.But as… Shares: Detective Rizzoli, Forensic pathologists, Serial murder investigation, Women detectives

The Mephisto Club Tess Gerritsen · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 379p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The Latin word is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young woman’s brutal murder: I HAVE SINNED. It’s a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversial celebrity psychiatrist Joyce O’Donnell–Jane’s professional nemesis and member of a sinister cabal called the Mephisto Club. On top of Beacon Hill, the… Shares: Detective Rizzoli, Medical examiners, Serial murder investigation, Thriller

Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell · 1990 · ★ 4.0 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta investigates the murder of Beryl Madison, an author, whose latest manuscript is now missing. Shares: Medical examiners, Forensic pathologists, Women physicians, Women detectives

Blindsighted Karin Slaughter · 1975 · ★ 3.9 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate A small Georgia town erupts in panic when a young college professor is found brutally mutilated in the local diner. But it's only when town pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton does the autopsy that the full extent of the killer's twisted work becomes clear.Sara's ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, leads the investigation -- a trail of terror that grows increasingly macabre when another… Shares: Medical examiners, Women physicians, Serial murder investigation, Policewomen

Ceremony in Death Nora Roberts · 1997 · ★ 4.5 · 329p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Fifth Eve Dallas Investigation In Death Even in an age of cutting-edge technology, old beliefs die hard... Death surrounded her. She faced it daily, dreamed of it nightly. Lived with it always. She knew its sounds, its scents, even its texture. Ten years as a cop hadn't hardened her toward it. A decade on the force hadn't made her accept it. Conducting a top-secret investigation into the death… Shares: Policewomen, Women detectives, Crimes against, Police

The Scarpetta Factor Patricia Cornwell · 2008 · ★ 3.8 · 495p · ≈ 16h · Moderate It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta – despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN – to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events. She is asked live on the… Shares: Medical examiners, Forensic pathologists, Women physicians, Thriller

Postmortem Patricia Cornwell · 1990 · ★ 4.0 · 379p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A killer is stalking the streets of Richmond, Virginia. When the bodies begin to mount, Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta is pulled into a chilling investigation that blends high-stakes forensics with psychological warfare. Armed with cutting-edge science and unflinching resolve, Scarpetta must navigate hostile forces both inside and outside the investigation—because someone isn’t just trying… Shares: Medical examiners, Forensic pathologists, Women physicians, Women detectives

Faithless Karin Slaughter · 2005 · ★ 4.5 · 548p · ≈ 18h · Moderate "Brilliant plotting, relentless suspense," raved the Washington Post. "A new synonym for terror," crowned the Detroit Free Press. The critics agree: no one writes suspense like Karin Slaughter, whose thrillers featuring medical examiner Sara Linton and her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, have propelled her to the top of bestseller lists the world over. Now Slaughter fuses her… Shares: Forensic pathologists, Women physicians, Crimes against, Police

Cause of Death Patricia Cornwell · 1995 · ★ 4.0 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate El cadáver de Theodore Andrew Edding ha aparecido bajo el agua, tras una supuesta sesión de inmersión. La forense Kay Scarpetta se encarga del caso y empieza a recibir llamadas telefónicas con identidades falsas, al tiempo que se producen comportamientos sospechosos por parte de sus colegas, intrigantes visitas nocturnas y molestos sabotajes. Ante esta situación, a Scarpetta no le queda más… Shares: Medical examiners, Forensic pathologists, Women physicians, Women detectives

All That Remains Patricia Cornwell · 1992 · ★ 4.3 · 398p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Pathologist Kay Scarpetta searches for the cause of death in the case of five young couples whose decomposed bodies are found without shoes and socks deep in the woods. Bones, fragments of clothing, and a jack of hearts are all that remain. Shares: Medical examiners, Forensic pathologists, Women physicians, Women detectives

Vanish (Jane Rizzoli, Book 5) Tess Gerritsen · 2005 · ★ 4.5 · 355p · ≈ 11h · Moderate If it's gripping, it's Gerritsen. A chilling Rizzoli and Isles thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.The beautiful woman appears to be just another corpse in the morgue. But when medical examiner Maura Isles looks down at the body, she gets the fright of her life.The corpse opens its eyes.Now very much alive, the woman is rushed to the hospital, where she murders a security… Shares: Detective Rizzoli, Policewomen, Women detectives, Police

Trace Patricia Cornwell · 1529 · ★ 3.8 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Demanding Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago.In Trace, Scarpetta travels to Richmond, Virginia, at the odd behest of the recently appointed Chief Medical Examiner, who claims that he needs her help to solve a perplexing crime. When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds that nothing is as she expected: her former lab is in… Shares: Forensic pathologists, Women physicians, Women detectives, Crimes against

Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate From America's #1 bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary new Dr. Kay Scarpetta novel.The "Book of the Dead" is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning. Fresh from her bruising battle with a psychopath in Florida, Scarpetta decides it's time for a change of pace-not only personally and… Shares: Medical examiners, Forensic pathologists, Women physicians, Thriller

Predator Patricia Cornwell · 1742 · ★ 3.9 · 445p · ≈ 14h · Demanding Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida, takes charge of a case that stretches from steamy Florida to snowbound Boston; one that at first appears as unnerving as any she has ever faced. The teasing psychological clues lead Scarpetta and her team -- Pete Marino, Benton Wesley, and Lucy Farinelli -- to suspect that they are hunting someone with a cunning and… Shares: Forensic pathologists, Women physicians, Women detectives, Thriller

Port Mortuary Patricia Cornwell · 2010 · ★ 3.5 · 509p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of 'virtual autopsy' - a groundbreaking procedure that could soon revolutionise forensic science. And it is not too long before these new skills urgently need to be put into practice. A young man drops dead, apparently from a heart condition, eerily close to Scarpetta's home. But when his body is examined the next… Shares: Medical examiners, Forensic pathologists, Women physicians, Mystery

Blow Fly Patricia Cornwell · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Dr. Scarpetta is no longer Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner so she packs up and heads for Florida. She must unravel a twisted conspiracy with an international reach that will force her to question the loyalty and trust of all she holds dear. Shares: Medical examiners, Forensic pathologists, Women physicians, Thriller

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