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.
Key facts about Port Mortuary
Port Mortuary is a novel by Patricia Cornwell. Readers have had it since 1 January 2010. It runs to 507 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of Port Mortuary. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780751543926 to find the main one.
Port Mortuary is book 18 of 29 in the Kay Scarpetta series. The series has 29 published books. However, the series starts with Postmortem (1990).
Sharp Force is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 7 October 2025. Meanwhile, Rapid and Fatal comes next, with an announced date of 19 January 2027.
Additionally, Patricia Cornwell writes Andy Brazil, Win Garano and Captain Chase as separate series. Those series sit on our thriller and techno-thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Sharp Force is the latest published Patricia Cornwell book on file, from 7 October 2025.
About Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell is credited with essentially inventing the modern forensic thriller. Born in 1956 and educated at Davidson College, she worked as a police reporter at the Charlotte Observer before spending six years as a technical writer and computer analyst inside the Chief Medical Examiner's office in Richmond, Virginia, sitting in on autopsies and absorbing real forensic procedure years before it was standard genre furniture. See every Patricia Cornwell book in order.
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