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![]() | The Scarpetta Factor (2009) (Book 17 in the Kay Scarpetta series) A novel by Patricia Cornwell |
It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta - despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN - to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr, who has vanished and is presumed dead. Moments later during the same telecast she receives a startling call-in from a former psychiatrist patient of Benton Wesley's. When she returns after the show to the apartment where she and Benton live, she finds an ominous package - possibly a bomb - waiting for her at the front desk. Soon the apparent threat on Scarpetta's life finds her embroiled in a surreal plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionaires with whom Lucy seems to have shared a secret past.
Scarpetta's CNN producer wants her to launch a TV show called The Scarpetta Factor. Given the bizarre events already in play, she fears that her growing fame will generate the illusion that she has a 'special factor,' a mythical ability to solve all her cases. She wonders if she will end up like other TV personalities: her own stereotype.
The Scarpetta Factor, the seventeenth in the series, finds the familiar cast of characters together again in New York. Marino is working for the NYPD; Benton Wesley uses his forensic psychological expertise at Kirby and Bellevue; and Lucy continues to dazzle with her expertise in forensic computer investigations as she works yet another case with NY prosecutor Jaime Berger.
Genre: Mystery
Scarpetta's CNN producer wants her to launch a TV show called The Scarpetta Factor. Given the bizarre events already in play, she fears that her growing fame will generate the illusion that she has a 'special factor,' a mythical ability to solve all her cases. She wonders if she will end up like other TV personalities: her own stereotype.
The Scarpetta Factor, the seventeenth in the series, finds the familiar cast of characters together again in New York. Marino is working for the NYPD; Benton Wesley uses his forensic psychological expertise at Kirby and Bellevue; and Lucy continues to dazzle with her expertise in forensic computer investigations as she works yet another case with NY prosecutor Jaime Berger.
Genre: Mystery
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Used availability for Patricia Cornwell's The Scarpetta Factor
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Hardback Editions
May 2010 : Hardback
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 1408459507 / 9781408459508 (UK edition) Publisher: Windsor Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
October 2009 : Hardback
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0356256650 / 9780356256658 (UK edition) Publisher: Sphere Availability: Amazon CA Amazon Amazon UK |
October 2009 : Hardback
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor (Kay Scarpetta Mysteries) Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0399156399 / 9780399156397 (USA edition) Publisher: Putnam Adult Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
October 2009 : Hardback
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor (Scarpetta Novels) Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0316733164 / 9780316733168 (USA edition) Publisher: Little, Brown Availability: Amazon UK Amazon |
Paperback Editions
November 2010 : Paperback
| Title: Scarpetta Factor, The (Large Print Book) Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 1408459515 / 9781408459515 (UK edition) Publisher: AUDIOGO Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
September 2010 : Paperback
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor (Kay Scarpetta Mysteries) Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 1594134138 / 9781594134135 (USA edition) Publisher: Large Print Press Availability: Amazon CA Amazon Amazon UK |
August 2010 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor (A Scarpetta Novel) Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0425236285 / 9780425236284 (USA edition) Publisher: Berkley Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
May 2010 : Paperback
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor (Scarpetta Novels) Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0751538760 / 9780751538762 (UK edition) Publisher: Sphere Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon |
May 2010 : Perfect Paperback
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 075154387X / 9780751543872 (UK edition) Publisher: TIME WARNER PAPERBACKS Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon |
May 2010 : Paperback
| Title: Scarpetta Factor Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0425235785 / 9780425235782 (USA edition) Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Availability: Amazon UK Amazon |
October 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor (Scarpetta Novels) Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 1408702274 / 9780316733175 (UK edition) Publisher: Little, Brown Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
October 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Scarpetta Factor (Large Print Edition) Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 1444501933 / 9781444501933 Publisher: Large Print Edition Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
October 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0316733172 / 9780316733175 (USA edition) Publisher: Little, Brown Availability: Amazon UK |
October 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 1410420019 / 9781410420015 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA Amazon |
October 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor [Braille]: Grade 2 Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 1444501925 / 9781444501926 Publisher: Royal National Institute of Blind People Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Audio Editions
October 2011 : Audio CD
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor (BBC Audiobooks) Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 1445875721 / 9781445875729 Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Availability: Amazon UK |
September 2011 : Audio CD
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor (A Scarpetta Novel) Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 1611760321 / 9781611760323 (USA edition) Publisher: Penguin Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
October 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor (A Scarpetta Novel) Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0143145479 / 9780143145479 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
October 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor (Scarpetta Novels) Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 1405504374 / 9781405504379 (UK edition) Publisher: Hachette Digital Availability: Amazon UK Amazon |
October 2009 : Audio CD
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor Author(s):: Patricia D. Cornwell ISBN: 0143145487 / 9780143145486 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Kindle Editions
August 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: Scarpetta Factor Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: B004WRIVK8 Publisher: Hoffmann und Campe (com) Availability: Amazon UK |
October 2009 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor (Scarpetta Novels) Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: B002WWKZLS Publisher: Sphere Availability: Amazon UK |
September 2009 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Scarpetta Factor (A Scarpetta Novel) Author(s):: Patricia Cornwell ISBN: B002QX44DI Publisher: Berkley Availability: Amazon |
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