We have updated our Privacy Policy Please take a moment to review it. By continuing to use this site, you agree to the terms of our updated Privacy Policy.
THE THRILLING NEW KAY SCARPETTA MYSTERY FROM THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER
Summoned to an unnerving, abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is a man she once loved. While teaching in Rome during the early days of her career, Scarpetta had an intense love affair with Sal Giordano that led to a lifelong friendship.
The murder scene is bizarre, with a crop circle of petals around the body, and Giordano’s skin is strangely red. Scarpetta’s niece Lucy believes he was dropped from an unidentified flying craft. Scarpetta knows an autopsy can reveal the dead’s secrets, but she is shocked to find her friend seems to have deliberately left her a clue.
As the investigators are torn between suspicions of otherworldly forces, and of Giordano himself, Scarpetta detects an explanation closer to home that, in her mind, is far more evil . . .
Summoned to an unnerving, abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is a man she once loved. While teaching in Rome during the early days of her career, Scarpetta had an intense love affair with Sal Giordano that led to a lifelong friendship.
The murder scene is bizarre, with a crop circle of petals around the body, and Giordano’s skin is strangely red. Scarpetta’s niece Lucy believes he was dropped from an unidentified flying craft. Scarpetta knows an autopsy can reveal the dead’s secrets, but she is shocked to find her friend seems to have deliberately left her a clue.
As the investigators are torn between suspicions of otherworldly forces, and of Giordano himself, Scarpetta detects an explanation closer to home that, in her mind, is far more evil . . .
Newsletter Signup
By clicking ‘Sign Up,’ I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Hachette Book Group’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Reviews
PRAISE FOR UNNATURAL DEATH
Astonishing . . . Thirty years on, there's still no other crime writer like her
One of the all-time greats of this genre
Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns
One of the best crime writers writing today
Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns
Cutting-edge
PRAISE FOR PATRICIA CORNWELL
Cornwell really is in a league of her own
A pioneer of the genre of forensic psychological thriller
The Agatha Christie of the DNA age
Sinister, surprising and utterly unputdownable. Cornwell at her brilliant best
The top gun in this field
The Agatha Christie of the DNA age
Classic Cornwell with an up-to-the-minute twenty-first-century plot - an intoxicating blend that proves Scarpetta is still queen of the autopsy and Cornwell is still queen of crime fiction. An utterly thrilling roller coaster ride
An especially good entry in the series
The top gun in this field
One of the best crime writers writing today
A chilling, thrilling, macabre masterpiece. Unnatural Death is Patricia Cornwell at her mesmerising finest. The best just got better
The queen of the forensic thriller
When it comes to forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell
Thirty years on, there's still no other crime writer like her
The queen of the forensic thriller
PRAISE FOR PATRICIA CORNWELL
America's most stimulating and chilling writer of crime fiction
America's most stimulating and chilling writer of crime fiction
Slick, fast-paced and brilliant
