by vjbooks | Dec 5, 2010 | We're Talking Books!
VJ Books is now shipping signed 1st editions of Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell.
by vjbooks | Jul 4, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
Persistence pays. Cornwell’s first crime novel, Postmortem, was rejected by seven major publishign houses before it was published by Scribner in 1990. It became the first novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix...
by vjbooks | Apr 5, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Mar. 23, by Dermot McEvoy and Michael Coffey ) Familiar voices crowd the top in fiction; in nonfiction, the fundamental rules apply—plus all things Obama John Grisham’s aptly titled Appeal had the most of it, as far as the novel-buying...
by vjbooks | Feb 5, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(Starnewsonline, Ben Steelman, Jan. 22) As mystery aficionados and regulars at the Cape Fear Crime Festival know, “Jefferson Bass” is a pseudonym for two people. One is Bill Bass, the legendary forensic anthropologist and creator of the outdoor lab known...
by vjbooks | Jan 24, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(metrobostonnews.com, Dec. 9, Dorothy Robinson) Patricia Cornwell on 20 years of her fictitious crime fighter Before there was “Bones” “Dr. G: Medical Examiner,” “Dexter,” “Forensic Files,” “CSI,” and the many, many other TV shows revolving around forensics, there was...
by vjbooks | Jan 23, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(cnn.com, Dec. 15, Jacque Wilson) When Patricia Cornwell began writing thriller novels, she ruled the world of forensic science. “I could treat readers in each book to some new aspect that they wouldn’t be familiar with,” Cornwell said. Now the...
by vjbooks | Jan 22, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
Patricia Cornwell learns what most great novelists – from Dickens to F. Scott Fitzgerald to Richard Price – learn at some point in their careers: there’s nothing wrong with a little soap opera. In this novel the subtext is far more interesting...
by vjbooks | Jan 9, 2009 | We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Dec. 15) Patricia Cornwell does more than just pen forensic thrillers. The author has lent her name to many philanthropic pursuits in the criinal justice arena. In the last year she donated $1 million each to the Harvard Art Museum for a...
by vjbooks | Dec 31, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(bangkokpost.com, Nov. 16, Roger Crutchley) The other evening I had just finished polishing off the latest Stephen Leather novel, Dead Men – a decent yarn by the way – and put the book onto the shelf next to the previous work I had read, A Good Day To Die...
by vjbooks | Dec 29, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
Hello friends! 2008 was a great year for books. We had the pleasure of bringing hundreds of new titles to you this year, and introducing you to dozens of new authors. When it was suggested to make a list of our favorites and give you one last chance to add them to...
by vjbooks | Dec 28, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(examiner.com, Dec. 2, Michelle Kerns) Bestselling author Patricia Cornwell’s latest addition to her wildly popular Kay Scarpetta series, Scarpetta, goes on sale today, December 2nd, and boy, is it a doozy. It’s been a year since we’ve seen Dr.Kay...
by vjbooks | Dec 18, 2008 | We're Talking Books!
(artdaily.com, Nov. 21) CAMBRIDGE, MA.- The Harvard Art Museum today announced the establishment of the Patricia Cornwell Conservation Scientist at the museum’s Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. This new position is established through a generous...
