Cruel and Unusual (novel)

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Cruel and Unusual
Author	Patricia Cornwell
Country	United States of America
Language	English
Series	Kay Scarpetta
Genre(s)	Crime fiction
Publisher	Scribner
Publication date	June 1992
Media type	Print (hardcover, paperback)
Pages	384 pgs
ISBN	0-684-19530-5
Preceded by	All That Remains
Followed by	The Body Farm

Cruel and Unusual (1993) is a book by author Patricia Cornwell. It is the fourth in the Kay Scarpetta series.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Characters in Cruel and Unusual 3 Major themes 4 Awards and nominations 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Plot summary

Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta is called in to autopsy the body of convicted murderer Ronnie Waddell after his execution. Several days after the execution, a young boy is discovered murdered in the fashion of Waddell's earlier killings, with Waddell's prints near the body. Scarpetta, along with FBI Agent Benton Wesley and Detective Pete Marino, try to discover how a dead inmate could have possibly committed another murder after his death.

[edit] Characters in Cruel and Unusual

• Kay Scarpetta - Chief Medical Examiner
• Benton Wesley - FBI Profiler
• Pete Marino - Detective in the Richmond Police Department

[edit] Major themes

• The hunt for a killer

[edit] Awards and nominations

• Cruel and Unusual won the CWA Gold Dagger for Fiction in 1993.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ The CWA Dagger Award Overview

[edit] External links

Author's Official Website