Kay Scarpetta · Book 11
The Last Precinct
- Published
- 1 January 2000
- Pages
- 463
- ISBN-13
- 9784444407663
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Last Precinct, published in 2000 at 463 pages, is a novel by Patricia Cornwell. It is entry #11 in Kay Scarpetta. It sits between Black Notice and Blow Fly.
Its place in Kay Scarpetta
The Last Precinct is book 11 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows Black Notice. It is followed by Blow Fly. 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 9782702863930
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9784444407663