num_pages: 439
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
language: English
title: Cruel & Unusual
titlecomplete: Cruel & Unusual
characters: Kay Scarpetta, Pete Marino, Benton Wesley, Lucy Farinelli, Ronnie Joe Waddell
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Audiobook, Adult, Crime, Murder Mystery, Suspense
ratings_count: 108148
places: Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
series: Kay Scarpetta
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: CWA Gold Dagger
publisher: G K Hall & Co