Kay Scarpetta · Book 15
Book of the Dead
- Published
- 1 January 2007
- Pages
- 411
- ISBN-13
- 9780143059141
- Type
- novel
About this book
Book of the Dead is a novel by Patricia Cornwell, in 2007 at 411 pages. It is entry #15 in Kay Scarpetta. It sits between Predator and Scarpetta.
Its place in Kay Scarpetta
Book of the Dead is book 15 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows Predator. It is followed by Scarpetta. 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 9780143059141