Blow Fly
- Published
- 1 January 2003
- Pages
- 483
- ISBN-13
- 9780399151354
- Type
- novel
About this book
Blow Fly is a novel by Patricia Cornwell, in 2003 at 483 pages. It is entry #12 in Kay Scarpetta. The Last Precinct comes before it, Trace after.
Key facts about Blow Fly
Patricia Cornwell wrote Blow Fly, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1 January 2003. The book has 483 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780399151354 to find the main one.
Blow Fly is book 12 of 29 in the Kay Scarpetta series. The series has 29 published books. However, the series starts with Postmortem (1990).
Sharp Force is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 7 October 2025. Meanwhile, Rapid and Fatal comes next, with an announced date of 19 January 2027.
Additionally, Patricia Cornwell writes Andy Brazil, Win Garano and Captain Chase as separate series. Those series sit on our thriller and techno-thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Sharp Force is the latest published Patricia Cornwell book on file, from 7 October 2025.
About Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell is credited with essentially inventing the modern forensic thriller. Born in 1956 and educated at Davidson College, she worked as a police reporter at the Charlotte Observer before spending six years as a technical writer and computer analyst inside the Chief Medical Examiner's office in Richmond, Virginia, sitting in on autopsies and absorbing real forensic procedure years before it was standard genre furniture. See every Patricia Cornwell book in order.
Its place in Kay Scarpetta
Blow Fly is book 12 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows The Last Precinct. It is followed by Trace. 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 9788498727111
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780399151354