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Cruel and Unusual

A Kay Scarpetta Novel (Kay Scarpetta Mysteries (Paperback))

By Patricia Cornwell

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| Paperback | 9781416505402

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"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 Continue

"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 Best Reviews: Patricia Cornwell, Cruel and Unusual

    "Solid Scarpetta police procedural" Henrico County, Virginia Detective Joe Trent calls the state Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta because of a situation involving thirteen year old Eddie Heath shot in the head with potential sexual components ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  • The ending will drive you mad

    A book with an ending that makes you utter the word "damn". Or is it only me? Anyway, after reading this book I didn't bother to read "Unnatural Exposure", another Cornwell's book which I bought together with "Cruel & Unusual".

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