Cornwell or Reichs?

Hi all,
Any fans of Patricia Cornwell or Kathy Reichs? Both have female characters
who reflect what they both do in real life - involving forensic criminology.
Are there are other similar authors with lots of medical detail and mystery
as well? I am currently reading Dennis Lehane but nearly finished and need
to move onto a new author! (Lehane is FABULOUS) Other favorites I have read
all books are Ann Rule and Robin Cook.
Happy reading!
Marty

On 26-Sep-2003, "Marty" <!!justmarty828@hotmail.com> wrote:

 > Hi all,
 > Any fans of Patricia Cornwell or Kathy Reichs? Both have female characters
 > who reflect what they both do in real life - involving forensic
 > criminology.
 > Are there are other similar authors with lots of medical detail and
 > mystery
 > as well? I am currently reading Dennis Lehane but nearly finished and need
 > to move onto a new author! (Lehane is FABULOUS) Other favorites I have
 > read
 > all books are Ann Rule and Robin Cook.
 > Happy reading!
 > Marty

I read and enjoy both; in fact I just finished Reich's new one, Bare Bones.
But, their backgrounds aren't all that similar. Reichs IS a medical
examiner, as is her character. Cornwall doesn't have the medical training
or the examiner experience; she worked in a medical examiners office, as
technology support. IMHO, Cornwall has gone long past her prime and is well
on the way down; the last one of her's I read (can't recall the name, but
about an island with people living like in the 1700s) was so bad, I thought
it was a joke; or, she had a falling out with her publisher, but owed them
one last book and stuck them with a DOG.

Reichs rules the genre today.

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