All That Remains

★ 4.3 avg 532 votes

About this book

Pathologist Kay Scarpetta searches for the cause of death in the case of five young couples whose decomposed bodies are found without shoes and socks deep in the woods. Bones, fragments of clothing, and a jack of hearts are all that remain.

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4.3/5 · 532 readers · 398 pages · ≈ 7 h 22 m · Moderate

What order should I read the Kay Scarpetta series?

Read All That Remains first, then follow the publication order above — Trace, then Predator, then Postmortem, then Body of Evidence, then Cause of Death, then Point of Origin, then Book of the Dead, then Blow Fly.

How long does it take to read All That Remains?

About ≈ 7 h 22 m — 398 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mAll That Remains~7 h 22 m

How many pages is All That Remains?

398 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320All That Remains398

What genre is All That Remains?

It sits on the Thriller, Mystery, Fiction shelves.

Is All That Remains in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Where does All That Remains take place?

It is set in Virginia, Richmond (Va.), Richmond.

Who wrote All That Remains?

Patricia Cornwell (1956–0).

Kay Scarpetta — reading order

  1. → All That Remains (1992) you are here
  2. 1 Trace (1529)
  3. 2 Predator (1742)
  4. 3 Postmortem (1990)
  5. 4 Body of Evidence (1990)
  6. 5 Cause of Death (1995)
  7. 6 Point of Origin (1998)
  8. 7 Book of the Dead (2000)
  9. 8 Blow Fly (2001)
Setting VirginiaRichmond (Va.)Richmond
“Saturday, the last day of August, I started work before dawn.”