Cruel and Unusual (Kay Scarpetta #4)
Patricia Cornwell, C.J. Critt
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
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· 41 ratings · 417 pages · Published: 10 Jun 1993
"Killing me won't kill the beast" are the last words of rapist-murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell, written four days before his execution. But they can't explain how Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds Waddell's fingerprints on another crime scene -- after she'd performed his autopsy. If this is some sort of game, Scarpetta seems to be the target. And if the next victim is someone she knows, the punishment will be cruel and unusual...
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The 'Kay Scarpetta' series
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- Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell Book #2
- All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell Book #3
- Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell Book #4
- The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell Book #5
- From Potter's Field by Patricia Cornwell Book #6
- Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell Book #7
- Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell Book #8
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