Kay Scarpetta · Book 18
Port Mortuary
- Published
- 1 January 2010
- Pages
- 507
- ISBN-13
- 9780751543926
- Type
- novel
About this book
Port Mortuary is a novel by Patricia Cornwell, in 2010 at 507 pages. It sits at #18 in Kay Scarpetta's reading order. The Scarpetta Factor comes before it, Red Mist after.
Its place in Kay Scarpetta
Port Mortuary is book 18 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows The Scarpetta Factor. It is followed by Red Mist. 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 9781410431585
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780751543926