Kay Scarpetta book 29 · 2025
Sharp Force
A killer who cuts off his victims’ wifi before attacking them terrorises northern Virginia, and Scarpetta is called to an abandoned psychiatric hospital.
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Book facts
- Author
- Patricia Cornwell
- Series
- Kay Scarpetta, book 29 of 29
- Published
- 2025
- Setting
- Set in Richmond, Virginia
- Characters charted
- 4
- Chart confidence
- Low
Who is in Sharp Force
4 recurring or key characters from Patricia Cornwell’s chart.
Lead 1
- Kay ScarpettaChief medical examiner and forensic pathologist
Major 3
- Pete MarinoDetective, later Scarpetta’s investigator
- Benton WesleyFBI profiler and Scarpetta’s partner, later husband
- Lucy FarinelliScarpetta’s niece, a computer and weapons specialist
Also featuring these characters
Other Patricia Cornwell books that share the most characters with Sharp Force.
- Unnatural Death2023 · Kay Scarpetta · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Livid2022 · Kay Scarpetta · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Autopsy2021 · Kay Scarpetta · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Chaos2016 · Kay Scarpetta · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon