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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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Patricia Cornwell was employing DNA a decade before “CSI.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

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 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

The second series of the BBC thriller reached its dramatic finale on 1 February, with Cornwell revealing a third series is already in the works.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

It was nine o'clock in the evening when we landed at Cornwell, and took coach for Prescott.

From Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

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