Cruel and Unusual, Patricia Cornwell
Cruel and Unusual, Patricia Cornwell
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Cruel and Unusual

Author: Patricia Cornwell

Narrator: C. J. Critt

Unabridged: 11 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/30/1993

Synopsis

Trying to solve the murder of a thirteen-year-old boy, Dr. Kay Scarpetta and police lieutenant Pete Marion race against time to find a killer after the fingerprints of a recently executed murderer turn up at a new crime scene. Reprint.

About Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell is a Miami born, contemporary crime novelist. Her books usually feature the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, who is a medical examiner. After a way sad childhood, Cornwall graduated from Davidson College with a degree in English. She wrote a biography of a family friend entitled, “A Time for Remembering”, then renamed “Ruth, A Portrait: The Story of Ruth Bell Graham” in 1983. After working in a Virginia medical examiners for six years, she wrote the first installment of her “Scarpetta” series entitled “Postmortem”. Her six year job was valuable in including a lot of forensic science details in her “Scarpetta” series. Her novels are considered to have influenced the creation of the TV series on forensics such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Cold Case. In the same vein Cornwell made a brief appearance on the Criminal Minds episode “True Genius”, as herself.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on April 29, 2023

Review Cruel & Unusual by Patricia Cornwell, the fourth in the "Kay Scarpetta" series was a solid book with a little more edge than some of the others, hence the 4 rating. Two key parts of this one that appealed to me: 1. Scarpetta learns more about the prison system, in particular how a n......more

Goodreads review by Tea on November 28, 2016

Javno priznajem da sam ja jedini krivac što je ovaj nastavak kasnio... :) Želela sam da ga prevedem a nisam imala vremena da se bavim prevođenjem... :)......more

Goodreads review by Janet on January 28, 2024

Sequels. They fascinate me. Some set off with a bang and no matter how many follow on in the series, still deliver the goods. Others fizzle through the second, whimper past the third and then lay down and die. From the get-go I was interested to see which route Patricia Cornwell’s fine drawn and inte......more

Goodreads review by Jess☺️ on December 03, 2020

Cruel And Unusual by Patricia Cornwell is book 4 in the Dr Kay Scarpetta series and I think this is my favourite so far. It's fast, dark, thrilling and extremely twisty. I love how with each book the characters become more, also how each of the friendships grow with each book. With this series so far I......more

Goodreads review by Karla on January 23, 2024

Re Read January 2024 Story 4 stars** Audio 3.5 stars** Narrator C.J. Critt......more

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