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Cruel and Unusual

1993 novel by Patricia Cornwell
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Summary

Cruel and Unusual is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of written work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (225 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Patricia Cornwell[3]
  • Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons[4]
  • Genre: crime literature[5]
  • Follows: All That Remains[6]
  • Followed by: The Body Farm[7]
  • Part of the series: Kay Scarpetta[8]
  • Language of work or name: English[9]
  • Country of origin: United States[10]
  • Publication date: 1993[11]
  • Characters: Kay Scarpetta[12]
  • Has edition or translation: Cruel and Unusual[13]
  • Narrative location: Richmond[14]
  • Title: Cruel and Unusual[15]

Why It Matters

Cruel and Unusual is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Patricia Cornwell

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goodreads work id → 5376585
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'en', 'fr', 'it']
    Instance of → written work
    Narrative location → Richmond
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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