Cruel and unusual
Language: English
American Mystery & Suspense Fiction Crime & Thriller Crime & mystery Fiction Fiction - Psychological Suspense Forensic pathologists General Kay (Fictitious cha Kay (Fictitious character) Large type books Medical Medical examiners Medical examiners (Law) Mystery Mystery & Detective Mystery & Detective - General Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths Psychological Richmond (Va.) Scarpetta Serial Murders Suspense Thrillers Virginia Women Sleuths Women detectives Women physicians
Publisher: New York : Scribner's ; c1993.
Published: Jun 9, 1993
Description:
SUMMARY: "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...