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THE BREATHTAKING NEW KAY SCARPETTA THRILLER FROM THE 120-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER
Two mauled bodies in the woods. Two top secret autopsies. The most chilling case of Scarpetta’s career . . .
In this thrilling new instalment of the #1 bestselling series, chief medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement.
The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence is terrifying and baffling, including a larger-than-life footprint.
After one of the most frightening body retrievals of her career, Scarpetta must discover who would commit murders this brutal, and why.
‘A chilling, thrilling, macabre masterpiece. Unnatural Death is Patricia Cornwell at her mesmerising finest. The best just got better’
CHRIS WHITAKER, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END
‘Sinister, surprising and utterly unputdownable. Cornwell at her brilliant best’
M. J. ARLIDGE, author of EYE FOR AN EYE
‘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’
ANDREA MARA, author of NO ONE SAW A THING
‘One of the best crime writers writing today’
GUARDIAN
‘Thirty years on, there’s still no other crime writer like her’
SUNDAY TIMES
‘The top gun in this field’
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Two mauled bodies in the woods. Two top secret autopsies. The most chilling case of Scarpetta’s career . . .
In this thrilling new instalment of the #1 bestselling series, chief medical examiner Dr Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement.
The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence is terrifying and baffling, including a larger-than-life footprint.
After one of the most frightening body retrievals of her career, Scarpetta must discover who would commit murders this brutal, and why.
‘A chilling, thrilling, macabre masterpiece. Unnatural Death is Patricia Cornwell at her mesmerising finest. The best just got better’
CHRIS WHITAKER, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END
‘Sinister, surprising and utterly unputdownable. Cornwell at her brilliant best’
M. J. ARLIDGE, author of EYE FOR AN EYE
‘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’
ANDREA MARA, author of NO ONE SAW A THING
‘One of the best crime writers writing today’
GUARDIAN
‘Thirty years on, there’s still no other crime writer like her’
SUNDAY TIMES
‘The top gun in this field’
DAILY TELEGRAPH
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Reviews
An especially good entry in the series
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
PRAISE FOR PATRICIA CORNWELL
Thrilling
PRAISE FOR UNNATURAL DEATH
Slick, fast-paced and brilliant
America's most stimulating and chilling writer of crime fiction
Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns
A gripping crime thriller with delightfully unexpected twists . . . Both fans of the Scarpetta novels and newcomers to the series alike will find much to enjoy
A chilling, thrilling, macabre masterpiece. Unnatural Death is Patricia Cornwell at her mesmerising finest. The best just got better
Astonishing . . . Thirty years on, there's still no other crime writer like her
Sinister, surprising and utterly unputdownable. Cornwell at her brilliant best
Terrifying
A pioneer of the genre of forensic psychological thriller
Cutting-edge
A sinister mystery from one of the all-time greats of this genre
The top gun in this field
The queen of the forensic thriller
When it comes to forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell
A tale so terrifying you'll be afraid to go into the woods this Hallowe'en
One of the best crime writers writing today
The Agatha Christie of the DNA age
This case is one of her most striking . . . an edge-of-the-seat mystery, packed with twists
