Kay Scarpetta · Book 7
Cause of Death
- Published
- 1 January 1996
- Pages
- 354
- ISBN-13
- 9780751519174
- Type
- novel
About this book
Cause of Death is a novel by Patricia Cornwell, in 1996 at 354 pages. It sits at #7 in Kay Scarpetta's reading order. It sits between From Potter's Field and Unnatural Exposure.
Its place in Kay Scarpetta
Cause of Death is book 7 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows From Potter's Field. It is followed by Unnatural Exposure. 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 9780679451846
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780751519174