Cruel and Unusual

The inspiration for Season 2 of the Amazon Prime Video series Scarpettastarring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis!

A knockout (People) of a thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta.

Dr. Kay Scarpetta isnt used to planning autopsies on men who are still alive, but thats exactly what shes tasked with when serial killer Ronnie Joe Waddell is set for execution. His last words? Killing me wont kill the beast. Enigmatic as they are, they soon prove prophetic: days after his execution, another body is foundwith Waddells fingerprints at the crime scene.

How did a dead man commit a murder? Did Scarpetta autopsy the wrong man? And why cant she shake the feeling that she might be next?