
Autopsy - The Scarpetta Series Book 25 (Hardback)
Patricia Cornwell (author)Published: 25/11/2021

Combining a brutal serial killer storyline with a gripping plot concerning a disaster in an outer space laboratory, the return of Cornwell’s iconic forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta makes for characteristically compelling reading.
The legendary Patricia Cornwell is back with her No.1 bestselling, groundbreaking series following Kay Scarpetta Kay Scarpetta is back, and this time she's right in the path of danger...
World-renowned forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta and her husband Benton, a psychologist with the US Secret Service, have returned to Virginia. They are headquartered five miles from the Pentagon in a post-pandemic world that's been torn by civil and political unrest.
Just weeks into the job, Scarpetta is called to a railway track where a woman's body has been shockingly displayed, her throat cut down to the spine. But the trail of clues will lead Scarpetta back to her own neighbourhood.
At the same time, a catastrophe occurs in a top-secret lab in outer space, endangering the scientists aboard. Scarpetta is summoned to the White House to find out what happened. As she starts the new investigation, an apparent serial killer strikes again, this time dangerously close to home.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008467258
Number of pages: 416
Weight: 670 g
Dimensions: 240 x 159 x 36 mm
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It's been ages since I've hung out with Kay Scarpetta, Marino & Lucy. I'm so glad she's back. Like catching up with old friends you know what you're getting with this team of forensic... More
“Blast from the past...”
Thank you to the publishers for this early review copy. I have read at least 27 previous books by Patricia Cornwell, although I admit not for a few years. But I absolutely used to buy the hardback immediately on... More
“Gripping and immersive”
I’ve read quite a few books in the Kay Scarpetta series, although I may have missed a few books in the past years, so I will need to catch up. Autopsy is the latest novel in the series, the twenty-fifth book to be... More
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