Postmortem
What is the author's style in Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell?
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Postmortem is written in the first person, using the voice of Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a forensic pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner of Richmond, Virginia.
The use of first person is important in this novel because of the scientific nature of the book. As a medical doctor, Kay Scarpetta must use specific techniques and terminology in her work, something that could not be appropriately described through any other point of view.