Cruel and Unusual: Scarpetta 4 - Softcover

"A knockout."

-- "People"

"Ingenious...a first-rate storyteller."

-- "Los Angeles Times Book Review"

"Engrossing...an extremely effective novel of suspense, in all its varieties...Corwell's sleuth is the best in the business."

-- "Entertainment Weekly"

"Classic Cornwell...chilling...riveting...utterly convincing."

-- "Richmond Times-Dispatch"

“Killing me won’t kill the beast” warned convicted rapist-murderer Ronnie Joe

Waddell four days before his execution. Ignored as a madman’s rant, the words

come to haunt Scarpetta when Waddell’s fingerprints show up at a fresh crime—

committed after she’d performed his autopsy. It’s a chilling game, and Scarpetta

can’t afford to lose. Because if Waddell’s next victim is someone she loves, the

punishment will be CRUEL AND UNUSUAL.