From Potter's Field
- 402
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Patricia Cornwell’s “From Potter’s Field” is a tense, dark sixth novel for her medical examiner Kay Scarpetta. Some readers praise its careful forensic research and an investigation that takes Scarpetta, Marino and Benton Wesley to a serial killer’s parents; others tire of a medical examiner who spends more time chasing suspects than examining bodies. Readers who have come through the first five books will appreciate it most.
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About the book
From Potter's Field is a 1995 crime fiction novel by American writer Patricia Cornwell. It is the sixth 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 FieldThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - Cause of Death
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 7.7 across 72 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 33% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 9 | 13% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 63 | 88% |
Frequently asked
How long is From Potter's Field?
It has 402 pages — shorter than 52% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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