# Cruel And Unusual

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- Book: [Cruel And Unusual](https://www.bookquiver.com/patricia-d-cornwell/cruel-and-unusual) ([Cruel And Unusual.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/patricia-d-cornwell/cruel-and-unusual.md))
- Authors: [Patricia D. Cornwell](https://www.bookquiver.com/patricia-d-cornwell)
- Publisher: hachette_audio
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-14-0550-246-7
- Published: 2008-11-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

When convicted killer Ronnie Joe Waddell is executed in Virginia's electric chair, he becomes what should be a routine case for Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta. But after Waddell's execution, everyone connected to him begins to die - including a member of Scarpetta's staff. When crucial records disappear from her files, Scarpetta comes under fire for incomeptence. Caught in a web of political intrigue, she must fight to free herself from murderous insinuations and threats to her own life. She soon finds herself retracing Waddell's bloody footprints, following a trail that might lead to long-hidden secrets deep within the state government. Either the truth will set her free - or unleash upon her a punishment both cruel and unusual.