Cause of Death
- 356
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Cause of Death”, the seventh Kay Scarpetta novel, is a tense, mysterious case for Patricia Cornwell’s medical examiner. Some readers are hooked from the first chapter onward by the murder that sets it in motion. As a seventh volume, it gives most to readers who already know Scarpetta, and newcomers may prefer to start with the earlier books.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Cause of Death is a crime fiction novel by Patricia Cornwell. It is the seventh book in the Dr. Kay Scarpetta series.
Reading order · Kay Scarpetta
Full order & progress →- PostmortemStart here
7.57.5 / 10 - Body of Evidence
7.67.6 / 10 - All That Remains
7.67.6 / 10 - The Body Farm
7.77.7 / 10 - From Potter's Field
7.77.7 / 10 - Cause of DeathThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - Unnatural Exposure
7.67.6 / 10 - Point of Origin
7.77.7 / 10 - Black Notice
–Not ranked yet - The Last Precinct
–Not ranked yet - Blow Fly
7.57.5 / 10 - Trace
–Not ranked yet - Predator
–Not ranked yet - Book of the Dead
–Not ranked yet - Scarpetta
–Not ranked yet - The Scarpetta Factor
–Not ranked yet - Port Mortuary
–Not ranked yet - Red Mist
–Not ranked yet - The Bone Bed
–Not ranked yet - Dust
–Not ranked yet - Flesh and blood
–Not ranked yet - Depraved Heart
–Not ranked yet - Chaos
–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 61 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 29% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.8 | 5 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 56 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is Cause of Death?
It has 356 pages — shorter than 70% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
The same shelf — Crime & mystery — and a score of 7.6, the closest to this book.
