Post Mortem Patricia Cornwell

The novel Post Mortem was written by Patricia Cornwell. This novel deals with a madical examiner whose job is to help the police find clues to serious crimes. Cornwell's use of setting, characterization, and conflict help to make this an exciting and suspensful story.
The story takes place in the Richmond/Virginia area. The city setting is important to the story because it provides many hiding places for the serial murder the police are seeking. Richmond is a sprawling city, which covers a vast area of land and is on the Atlantic coast. Because of this, the city offers many places for crim…