Sharp Force

Written by Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by January LaVoy

From a New York Times bestselling author, a serial killer wreaks havoc on Northern Virginia, appearing as a ghostly apparition before striking—and Kay Scarpetta must avoid becoming their next victim.

NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE SERIAL KILLER 
 
NOT EVEN SCARPETTA… 
 
During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher has struck again. 
 
The serial killer has terrorized Northern Virginia for months. His pattern is to stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables 
him to invade his victims' homes and watch their every move. They wake up to a ghost-like hologram before being murdered in their beds. 
 
Scarpetta is summoned to Mercy Island, the site of a notorious psychiatric hospital where two people have been brutalized, one of them from Scarpetta’s past. It soon becomes apparent that she could be next… 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hachette Audio
• Release date: Oct 7, 2025
• ISBN: 9781668651803

Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell is recognized as one of the world’s top bestselling crime authors with novels translated into thirty-six languages in more than 120 countries. Her novels have won numerous prestigious awards including the Edgar, the Creasey, the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Prix du Roman d’Aventure. Beyond the Scarpetta series, Patricia has written a definitive book about Jack the Ripper, a biography, and three more fiction series among others. Cornwell, a licensed helicopter pilot and scuba diver, actively researches the forensic technologies that inform her work. She was born in Miami, grew up in Montreat, North Carolina, and now lives and works in Boston.