Cruel and Unusual: Scarpetta 4 Contributor(s): Cornwell, Patricia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1439189730 ISBN-13: 9781439189733 Publisher: Scribner Book Company
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 2013 Click for more in this series: Kay Scarpetta |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths - Fiction | Thrillers - Medical |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2013498089 |
Series: Kay Scarpetta |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" L (0.65 lbs) 368 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Locality - Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia |
Features: Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 43280 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 16.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "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 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... |
Contributor Bio(s): Cornwell, Patricia: - 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. |
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