What to know about Cruel & Unusual
Cruel & Unusual by Patricia Cornwell was first published in 1993, and it sits in the Kay Scarpetta series.
Cruel & Unusual is Book 4 in the Kay Scarpetta series. Start with Book 1, Postmortem. The book just before this one is All That Remains. 1 of the 31 books in the series have a full review here.
We have reviewed one of Patricia Cornwell’s books so far: Identity Unknown, which we gave 4 out of 5.
From the publisher
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Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta is called in to autopsy the body of convicted murderer Ronnie Waddell after his execution. Several days after the execution, a young boy is discovered murdered in the fashion of Waddell's earlier killings, with Waddell's prints near the body. Scarpetta, along with FBI Agent Benton Wesley and Detective Pete Marino, try to discover how a dead inmate could have possibly committed another murder after his death. As the story progresses she seeks the assistance of her 17-year-old niece Lucy after she discovers a strange folder on her computer.
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We haven’t read Cruel & Unusual yet. When our review goes up, it will replace this page.
