What to know about Cause of Death
Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell was first published in 1996, and it sits in the Kay Scarpetta series.
Cause of Death is Book 7 in the Kay Scarpetta series. New readers should begin with Book 1, Postmortem. The book just before this one is From Potter’s Field. We have reviewed 1 of the series so far.
Identity Unknown is the one Patricia Cornwell book we have reviewed, at 4 out of 5.
From the publisher
It is New Year's Eve, the last day of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War. Dr. Kay Scarpetta plunges into the murky depths of a ship graveyard to recover the very human remains of Ted Eddings, an investigative reporter. What kind of story was Eddings chasing below the icy surface of the Elizabeth River? And why did Scarpetta receive a phone call from someone reporting the death before the police were notified? She soon discovers that Eddings' murder is merely the first layer of something much deeper --- a labyrinthine conspiracy that will put all of her criminal and forensic knowledge to the test like never before. For Scarpetts, the real challenge won't be cataloging the growing number of dead bodies, but preventing herself and those she loves from becoming the next victims.
Description supplied by the publisher.
We haven’t read Cause of Death yet. When our review goes up, it will replace this page.
