Cause of Death cover art

Cause of Death

Kay Scarpetta Series, Book 7

Preview

Get 30 days of Standard free

£5.99/mo after trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for £0.00
More purchase options

Cause of Death

By: Patricia Cornwell
Narrated by: C. J. Critt
Try for £0.00

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £13.01

Buy Now for £13.01

About this listen

It's New Year's Eve, the final night of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, and another poor soul has turned up dead. Ted Eddings, a scuba diver and investigative reporter who was a favorite at the medical examiner's office, is found 30 feet below the Elizabeth River's icy surface. Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner for the state of Virginia, can't help but wonder why she received a phone call from someone reporting the death before the police were notified. Was Eddings probing the frigid depths of the Inactive Ship Yard for a story or simply diving for sunken trinkets? With the advent of a second murder - this one hitting even closer to home - the case envelops Scarpetta, her niece Lucy, and Police Captain Pete Marino in a world where both cutting-edge technology and old-fashioned detective work are critical offensive weapons. Together, they follow the trail of violence to its forbidding and unexpected source.

©1996 Cornwell Entertainment (P)2002, 2017 New Millennium Entertainment / Phoenix Books
Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Medical Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime Virginia Thriller

Continue the series

Rapid and Fatal cover art
Rapid and Fatal By: Patricia Cornwell
All stars
Most relevant
Great story as usual but natation very annoying and cringy at times. The put on voices for Marino and Lucy and ridiculous, croaky and irritating. Shame about the narration.

Love Kay Scarpetta

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I love the scarpetta series but the narrator has spoiled this book i just couldn't get into it, the previous one done a much better job

couldn't get into story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.