Kay Scarpetta · Book 20
The Bone Bed
- Published
- 1 January 2012
- Pages
- 472
- ISBN-13
- 9780751548174
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Bone Bed is a novel by Patricia Cornwell, in 2012 at 472 pages. It is entry #20 in Kay Scarpetta. It sits between Red Mist and Dust.
Its place in Kay Scarpetta
The Bone Bed is book 20 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows Red Mist. It is followed by Dust. 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 9783442478545
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780751548174