Joan Hamburg interview Bestselling Author Patricia Cornwell
Joan Hamburg
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW
Joan Hamburg speaks with American Novelist Patricia Cornwell about her newest book "Scarpetta." Joan and Patricia discuss early influences in her life such as Ruth Graham, wife of Evangelist`Billy Graham, whom she met as a child. Patricia describes Ruth as a creative woman who encouraged her to write; advice she took with her all the way to college. While there, Patricia took journalism and was assigned to work at a police department which inspired her crime mystery series.
Scarpetta is the sixteenth installment in the Dr. Kay Scarpetta crime solving series. This time around, the sleuth travels to New York to investigate a string of murders in the area. Readers find changes that Dr. Scarpetta has taken on. such as marriage, change that Patricia says is important for characters as they evolve in a series. Dr. Scarpetta also uses cutting edge technology such as "brain scans" to investigate the murders.
In a previous blog, “A Runners Wife” I spoke about my husband training for the NYC marathon. All I have to say is that the months of training all came together of an amazing race. Race day is a grueling day for runners, and the family. But a miracle happened...
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the senate judiciary committee and basically shrugged when asked if any other enemy combatant captured overseas had ever been brought to civilian criminal court to face justice. Talk about an incompetent boob, not to mention a disgrace.
Here is a list of wines all from Spain, and menus from restaurants in Brooklyn where a crew of us did a food / wine crawl through Carrol Gardens and Williamsburg recently
E-Mail Story
Print Story
