Kay Scarpetta · Book 14
Predator
- Published
- 1 January 2005
- Pages
- 437
- ISBN-13
- 9781594131608
- Type
- novel
About this book
Predator, published in 2005 at 437 pages, is a novel by Patricia Cornwell. It is entry #14 in Kay Scarpetta. It sits between Trace and Book of the Dead.
Its place in Kay Scarpetta
Predator is book 14 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows Trace. It is followed by Book of the Dead. 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 9781594131608