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. …showed first 75 words of 420 total…

…showed last 75 words of 420 total…these gruesome and morbid acts. In conclusion, in her novel, Post Mortem, Patricia Cornwell uses setting, characterization, and conflict to create an exciting and suspensful story. I highly reccomend this novel to anyone who enjoys a story that is full of twists and turns and that keeps the reader on the edge of his or her seat. This is a novel that is hard to put down once you pick it up and start reading.