She's written a series of novels in which the major character is Kay Scarpetta, who is the Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Virginia, Her office is located in Richmond, and she deals with murder cases. The first one, which I just finished, is "Post Mortem", other titles include "Cruel and Unusual", "All That Remains" and "Body of Evidence", and there are a bunch more. I just got "Cruel and Unusual" in large print from the library last night.
If'n we ever do a Richmoot, I show ya where she found all the bodies...
Thanks Suzi! :o)