NMLP P-024036 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Cruel and Unusual

Patricia Cornwell · Charles Scribner's Sons · 1993

The US Charles Scribner's Sons edition (New York, 1993) is the true first; the fourth Kay Scarpetta novel.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-024036 for "Cruel and Unusual" by Patricia Cornwell (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-024036, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).