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"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 Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds Waddell's fingerprints on another crime scene -- after she'd performed his autopsy. If this is some sort of game, Scarpetta seems to be the target. And if the next victim is someone she knows, the punishment will be cruel and unusual... From Publishers Weekly This fourth mystery to feature Virginia Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kay Scarpetta was a 12-week PW bestseller. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal YA-In this fourth Kay Scarpetta mystery, the chief medical examiner for the state of Virginia is once again challenged by gruesome murder and confusing evidence. How could the fingerprints of Ronnie Joe Waddell appear at the scene of a murdered psychic after Waddell was executed in the electric chair? In the midst of many puzzling matters come other difficult issues to confront Kay as she tries to do her job. She becomes the object of hysterical media attention, and finds that she herself might be indicted for the very crimes she is trying to solve. Someone is
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- Author
- Cornwell, Patricia Daniels
- Publisher
- New York: Pocket Star Books
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780316904629
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Medical, Mystery, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.11 / 5 (864 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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