Kay Scarpetta · Book 17
The Scarpetta Factor
- Published
- 1 January 2009
- Pages
- 501
- ISBN-13
- 9780399156397
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Scarpetta Factor, published in 2009 at 501 pages, is a novel by Patricia Cornwell. It is entry #17 in Kay Scarpetta. Scarpetta comes before it, Port Mortuary after.
Its place in Kay Scarpetta
The Scarpetta Factor is book 17 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows Scarpetta. It is followed by Port Mortuary. 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 9780316733175
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780399156397