Kay Scarpetta · Book 24
Chaos
- Published
- 1 January 2016
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN-13
- 9780008150631
- Type
- novel
About this book
Chaos, published in 2016 at 432 pages, is a novel by Patricia Cornwell. It sits at #24 in Kay Scarpetta's reading order. Depraved Heart comes before it, Autopsy after.
Its place in Kay Scarpetta
Chaos is book 24 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows Depraved Heart. It is followed by Autopsy. 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 9780008171391
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780008150631