Cornwell

British  

/ ˈkɔːnˌwɛl /

noun

1. Patricia D ( aniels ). born 1956, US crime novelist; her novels, many of which feature the pathologist Dr Kay Scarpetta, include Postmortem (1990), The Last Precinct (2000), and Isle of Dogs (2002)

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Example Sentences

She spoke to Cornwell ahead of filming and says the author told her, “There’s nothing you can do that’s wrong. You are her.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

The actress plays the medical examiner from the bestselling Patricia Cornwell series in this eight-part mystery on Prime Video, co-starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Bobby Cannavale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The Academy hands out its annual laurels at the Oscars, Nicole Kidman plays a medical examiner in a Patricia Cornwell adaptation, Daniel Radcliffe heads to Broadway in ‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

"He knew we were going to do a follow-on series and he loved the idea," Cornwell added.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Ship's boy, first class, and sixteen years of age, Jack Cornwell would have been the youngest V.C. in the world had he lived to wear it.

From Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas by Wood, William Charles Henry