What is the author's style in Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell?

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.