Kay Scarpetta · Book 13
Trace
- Published
- 1 January 2004
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN-13
- 9781429527170
- Type
- novel
About this book
Trace is a novel by Patricia Cornwell, in 2004 at 416 pages. It is entry #13 in Kay Scarpetta. Blow Fly comes before it, Predator after.
Its place in Kay Scarpetta
Trace is book 13 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows Blow Fly. It is followed by Predator. 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 9781429527170