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Scarpetta was the American counterpart, in a way, to Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison of the British TV series Prime Suspect . As sales skyrocketed, Cornwell hired a staff of researchers to help work up her autopsy nightmares.
In Postmortem (1990), Scarpetta's impressive debut, the tone was grim and graphic, focused on the nitty-gritty of crime detection and the challenges faced by a woman entering this mostly male business.
Lacking the self-monitoring skill that's crucial to a really good writer, she projects ugly fixations onto Scarpetta, remarking constantly--and with embarrassing, naked approval--on her blond, "Teutonic" looks.
After several tries, Scarpetta finally defeated Gault, murdering him in a Manhattan subway tunnel.
Point of Origin also further develops Cornwell's most loaded theme, lesbianism, by way of Scarpetta's niece, Lucy.