title: Book of the Dead (A Scarpetta Novel)
author:  Patricia Cornwell 
description: <div> Patricia Cornwell's most recent bestsellers include Red Mist, Port Mortuary, and Portrait of a Killer: Jack the RipperCase Closed. Her earlier works include Postmortemthe only novel to win five major crime awards in a single yearand Cruel and Unusual, which won Britains prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author.</div>
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  # [ALSO BY PATRICIA CORNWELL](dummy_split_002.html#filepos6330)
  
  
  #### THE SCARPETTA NOVELS
  
  
  _Postmortem_
  
  
  _Body of Evidence_
  
  
  _All That Remains_
  
  
  _Cruel and Unusual_
  
  
  _The Body Farm_
  
  
  _From Potter’s Field_
  
  
  _Cause of Death_
  
  
  _Unnatural Exposure_
  
  
  _Point of Origin_
  
  
  _Black Notice_
  
  
  _The Last Precinct_
  
  
  _Blow Fly_
  
  
  _Trace_
  
  
  _Predator_
  
  
  _Book of the Dead_
  
  
  _Scarpetta_
  
  
  _The Scarpetta Factor_
  
  
  #### ANDY BRAZIL SERIES
  
  
  _Hornet’s Nest_
  
  
  _Southern Cross_
  
  
  _Isle of Dogs_
  
  
  #### WIN GARANO SERIES
  
  
  _At Risk_
  
  
  _The Front_
  
  
  #### NON-FICTION
  
  
  _Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed_
  
  
  #### BIOGRAPHY
  
  
  _Ruth, a Portrait: The Story of Ruth Bell Graham_
  
  
  #### OTHER WORKS
  
  
  _Food to Die For: Secrets from Kay Scarpetta’s Kitchen  
  Life’s Little Fable_
  
  
  # [COPYRIGHT](dummy_split_002.html#filepos6473)
  
  
  Published by Hachette Digital
  
  
  ISBN: 978-0-748-11709-3
  
  
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