Cruel and Unusual: Scarpetta 4

Patricia Cornwell

Dec 2009 · Kay Scarpetta Book 4 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

“A knockout” (People) of a thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta.

“Killing me won’t kill the beast” are the last words of rapist-murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell, written four days before his execution. But they can’t explain how medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds Waddell’s fingerprints on another crime scene—after she’d performed his autopsy. If this is some sort of game, Scarpetta seems to be the target. And if the next victim is someone she knows, the punishment will be cruel and unusual...

Ratings and reviews

I find myself being able to envision who Dr. Kay Scarpetta would be in life, what kind of an increbibly intelligent, strong willed, yet sexy and sensitive to those she decides to let in...She is an amazing character and I just love how nothing seems to really get down under her skin...A strong and confident seeker of justice that I, for one, would want on my side hath my proverbial s@#t were to ever hit the fan...😃

Another mesmerizing book by Patricia Cornwell. Couldn't put it down.

Love all her books!

About the author

Patricia Cornwell is recognized as one of the world’s top bestselling crime authors with novels translated into thirty-six languages in more than 120 countries. Her novels have won numerous prestigious awards including the Edgar, the Creasey, the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Prix du Roman d’Aventure. Beyond the Scarpetta series, Cornwell has written a definitive book about Jack the Ripper, a biography, and two more fiction series among others. Cornwell, a licensed helicopter pilot and scuba diver, actively researches the cutting-edge forensic technologies that inform her work. She was born in Miami, grew up in Montreat, NC, and now lives and works in Boston. Find out more at PatriciaCornwell.com, at Facebook.com/Patricia.Cornwell, on Twitter: @1pcornwell, and on Instagram: @1pcornwell.