Order of Kay Scarpetta Books
Kay Scarpetta is a character from American author Patricia Cornwell. She comprises the majority of Cornwell’s work, with Cornwell even coming out with a couple of non-fiction books based around the character. Cornwell’s Scarpetta novels are widely considered to be her best work.
The Kay Scarpetta book series falls under the crime genre. Scarpetta is a perfectionist, which translates to her work as a Chief Medical Examiner and also cooking at home. Angelina Jolie is set to play the character on the silver screen. Below is a list of Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta novels in order:
Publication Order of Kay Scarpetta Books
| Postmortem | (1990) |    |
| Body of Evidence | (1991) | |
| All That Remains | (1992) | |
| Cruel and Unusual | (1993) | |
| The Body Farm | (1994) | |
| From Potter's Field | (1995) | |
| Cause of Death | (1996) | |
| Unnatural Exposure | (1997) | |
| Point of Origin | (1998) | |
| Black Notice | (1999) | |
| The Last Precinct | (2000) | |
| Blow Fly | (2003) | |
| Trace | (2004) | |
| Predator | (2005) | |
| Book of the Dead | (2007) | |
| Scarpetta | (2008) | |
| The Scarpetta Factor | (2009) | |
| Port Mortuary | (2010) | |
| Red Mist | (2011) | |
| The Bone Bed | (2012) | |
| Dust | (2013) | |
| Flesh and Blood | (2014) | |
| Depraved Heart | (2015) | |
| Chaos | (2016) | |
| Autopsy | (2021) | |
| Livid | (2022) | |
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Kay Scarpetta Synopses: In Postmortem (the first of Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta series), Dr. Kay Scarpetta is looking to crack the mystery of Mr. Nobody, who has been strangling young women. Scarpetta is spending all of her time trying to muster up all of the forensic clues to finding out the identity of Mr. Nobody and that will put the killer away. Can she unravel the true identity of Mr. Nobody before he strikes again?
In All That Remains (the third book in the Kay Scarpetta series), Scarpetta has been looking into the disappearance of a couple when their decomposed bodies surface. This marks the fifth pair of “couple murders” where a young couple vanishes, abandoning their car and no clues to their whereabouts. It will be months before their remains are discovered in the woods by hunters, but no cause of death can be determined.
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