Kay Scarpetta · Book 8

Unnatural Exposure

by Patricia Cornwell

Published
1 January 1997
Pages
367
ISBN-13
9781402528965
Type
novel

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About this book

Unnatural Exposure is a novel by Patricia Cornwell, in 1997 at 367 pages. It is entry #8 in Kay Scarpetta. It sits between Cause of Death and Point of Origin.

Its place in Kay Scarpetta

Unnatural Exposure is book 8 in the Kay Scarpetta series. It follows Cause of Death. It is followed by Point of Origin. 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…

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