Indeholder "Foreword", "Introduction", "Part One: The Author", " The life of Patricia Cornwell", " Patricia Cornwell. Prose stylist", " Patricia Cornwell's works. A bibliography", "Part Two: The Main Characters", " Kay Scarpetta, master sleuth", " Pete Marino, disgruntled detective", " Lucy Farinelli, htgh-tech investigator", " The Andy Brazil series: a change of pace", " Relationships", "Part Three: A Dose of Reality", " Shop talk: The language of the medical examiner", " Forensics, firearms, and fingerprints", " That's a real killer", " Timelines: Chronologies of the Cornwell books", " Location, location, location", " Disasters and tragedies", " Celebrities", " Fine things", " Cop codes: ten-codes commonly used by public safety officers", " Patricia Cornwell and Jack the Ripper", "Part Four: Final Inventory", " People", " Places", " General concordance", " Death by the numbers. A statistical analysis of death in the Cornwell books", "Acknowledgements", "Index".

En oversigt over ting fra Patricia Cornwells bøger, specielt med Kay Scarpetta som hovedperson. ( )