Kay Scarpetta · Book 9
Point of Origin
- Published
- 1 January 1998
- Pages
- 397
- ISBN-13
- 9780786214785
- Type
- novel
About this book
Point of Origin is a novel by Patricia Cornwell, in 1998 at 397 pages. It sits at #9 in Kay Scarpetta's reading order. Unnatural Exposure comes before it, Black Notice after.
Its place in Kay Scarpetta
Point of Origin is book 9 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows Unnatural Exposure. It is followed by Black Notice. 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 9780748109487
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780786214785