Cruel and Unusual is the fourth mystery novel in the Kay Scarpetta series by author Patricia Cornwell.
When the executed murderer’s fingerprints appear at a new crime scene, Kay Scarpetta investigates.
Scarpetta is dealing with the execution of a prisoner, whose record seems to be mysteriously incomplete. All sorts of questions for her, and what kind of lab she’s running. As the bodies mount, so do the questions, because most bodies seem to be linked in some way to her lab in general and hers in particular. Then, she must protect her reputation, while Pete Marino and Benton Wesley try to solve the case.
