All That Remains (novel)
All That Remains is a crime fiction novel by Patricia Cornwell. It is the third book of the Dr. Kay Scarpetta series.
 First edition | |
| Author | Patricia Cornwell |
|---|---|
| Country | United States of America |
| Language | English |
| Series | Kay Scarpetta |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Scribner |
Publication date | 1992 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
| Pages | 416 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7434-9153-2 |
| OCLC | 57708195 |
| Preceded by | Body of Evidence |
| Followed by | Cruel and Unusual |
A killer is stalking young couples, and the remains of 8 youngsters have been found dead over a couple of years.[1]
The book is closely based on the Colonial Parkway Killer, a suspected serial killer who is thought to have murdered 8 people in Virginia in the 1980s. In real life the cases are still unsolved though, as described in the true crime documentary Lovers’ Lane Murders from 2021. As Cornwell's novel made many believe that the Colonial Parkway murders had been solved,[2] father-daughter true crime authors Blaine Pardoe and Victoria Hester issued their book A special kind of evil in 2017, providing new information from the investigations.[3]
Characters
- Kay Scarpetta - Chief Medical Examiner.
- Benton Wesley - FBI Profiler.
- Pete Marino - Detective Lieutenant in the Richmond Police Department.
- Abby Turnbull - Washington Post reporter.
- Mark James - FBI Special Agent, Dr. Scarpetta's ex-lover from law school
- Pat Harvey - National Drug Policy Director, mother of one of the victims.
- Steven Spurrier - Murderer of the named victims.
Victims
- Dog Dammit
- Jill Harrington and Elizabeth Mott
- Bruce Philips and Judy Roberts
- Jim Freeman and Bonnie Smyth
- Ben Anderson and Carolyn Bennett
- Susan Wilcox and Mike Martin
- Deborah Harvey and Frederick Cheney