Cruel and Unusual

The inspiration for the Prime Video series Scarpetta —starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis! “A knockout” ( People ) of a thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta. “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 medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds Waddell’s fingerprints on another crime scene— after she’d pe