What to know about Sharp Force
Sharp Force by Patricia Cornwell was first published in 2025, and it sits in the Kay Scarpetta series.
Sharp Force is Book 29 in the Kay Scarpetta series. New readers should begin with Book 1, Postmortem. The book just before this one is Identity Unknown, also reviewed on The Bookish Elf. 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
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell, a serial killer wreaks havoc on Northern Virginia, appearing as a ghostly apparition before striking—and Scarpetta must avoid becoming their next victim.
Scarpetta is soon to be a streaming series starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis!
No one is safe from the serial killer—not even Scarpetta.
During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher has struck again.
The serial killer has terrorized Northern Virginia for months. His pattern is to stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables him to invade his victims' homes and watch their every move. They wake up to a ghost-like hologram before being murdered in their beds.
Scarpetta is summoned to Mercy Island, the site of a notorious psychiatric hospital where two people have been brutalized, one of them from Scarpetta’s past. It soon becomes apparent that she could be next ...
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We haven’t read Sharp Force yet. When our review goes up, it will replace this page.
