Kay Scarpetta · Book 23
Depraved Heart
- Published
- 1 January 2015
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN-13
- 9780062325440
- Type
- novel
About this book
Released in 2015, Depraved Heart holds the twenty-third spot in Kay Scarpetta. It follows Flesh and Blood and comes before Chaos in publication order.
Its place in Kay Scarpetta
Depraved Heart is book 23 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows Flesh and Blood. It is followed by Chaos. 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 9781629537191
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780062325440