Cruel and Unusual
- ISBN-10
- 0684195305
- ISBN-13
- 9780684195308
- Series
- Cruel and Unusual
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 356
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-06-10
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Patricia Cornwell
Description
When the fingerprints of an executed killer are found at a new crime scene, Dr. Kay Scarpetta takes on her most terrifying case yet. By the author of All That Remains. 250,000 first printing. Lit Guild Main.
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