Kay Scarpetta · Book 25
Autopsy
- Published
- 30 November 2021
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN-13
- 9780063112193
- Type
- novel
About this book
Autopsy is a novel by Patricia Cornwell, in 2021 at 400 pages. It sits at #25 in Kay Scarpetta's reading order. Chaos comes before it, Livid after.
Its place in Kay Scarpetta
Autopsy is book 25 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows Chaos. It is followed by Livid. See the full Kay Scarpetta reading order.
Kay Scarpetta is the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia (and, later, a federal forensic investigator and private consultant) whose autopsy table is where every case really begins. Patricia Cornwell's series is credited with popularising the modern forensic-procedural: DNA evidence, trace analysis and autopsy detail that were startlingly technical for genre fiction in 1990 and remain a core selling point today. Scarpetta investigates alongside her homicide-detective niece-in-all-but-name-later-partner Pete Marino…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780008505776
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780063112193