All That Remains (novel)

1992 novel by Patricia Cornwell

All That Remains

First edition

Author| Patricia Cornwell
Language| English
Series| Kay Scarpetta
Genre| Crime fiction
Publisher| Scribner

Publication date

| 1992
Publication place| United States of America
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

All That Remains is a crime fiction novel by Patricia Cornwell. It is the third book of the Dr. Kay Scarpetta series.

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. However, in January 2024, DNA of Alan Wade Wilmer, Sr. was confirmed to match DNA found at one of the Colonial Parkway crime scenes and it was determined that he was responsible for the deaths of at least 2 of the victims. The case is ongoing to confirm Wilmer, Sr. as the official Colonial Parkway Killer. 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

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* 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

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* 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

## Notes

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1. ^ "All That Remains". Patricia Cornwell. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
2. ^ Holtzclaw, Mike (August 7, 2017). "Father-daughter authors hope their new book will help solve the Colonial Parkway murders". Daily Press. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
3. ^ Pardoe, Blaine (July 12, 2017). "A SPECIAL KIND OF EVIL Sheds Light On the Horrific Colonial Parkway Serial Killings". WildBlue Press True Crime Website. Retrieved February 9, 2025.

## External links

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* Author's Official Website

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Works by Patricia Cornwell

Kay Scarpetta series|

* Postmortem
* Body of Evidence
* All That Remains
* Cruel and Unusual
* The Body Farm
* From Potter's Field
* Cause of Death
* Unnatural Exposure
* Point of Origin
* Black Notice
* The Last Precinct
* Blow Fly
* Trace
* Predator
* Book of the Dead
* Scarpetta
* The Scarpetta Factor
* Port Mortuary
* Red Mist
* Dust
* Flesh and Blood
* Depraved Heart
* Chaos
* Autopsy
* Livid
* Unnatural Death
* Identity Unknown

Andy Brazil series|

* Hornet's Nest
* Southern Cross
* Isle of Dogs

At Risk / Win Garano series|

* At Risk
* The Front

Non-fiction|

* Portrait of a Killer

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