How many books are in the Kay Scarpetta series?

There are 24 books in the Kay Scarpetta series.

When will the next book in the Kay Scarpetta series be released?

The Kay Scarpetta series does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Chaos (Book 24), was published in November 2016.

The first book in the Kay Scarpetta series, Postmortem, was published in September 1990.

Order	Book	Genre	Date	Rating
1	Postmortem	Medical Thriller / MT	1990-09 / Sep-1990	4-5 /
2	Body of Evidence	Medical Thriller / MT	1992-04 / Apr-1992	4-5 /
3	All That Remains	Medical Thriller / MT	1992-08 / Aug-1992	4-5 /
4	Cruel and Unusual	Medical Thriller / MT	1993-06 / Jun-1993	4-5 /
5	The Body Farm	Medical Thriller / MT	1994-09 / Sep-1994	4-5 /
6	From Potter's Field	Medical Thriller / MT	1995-08 / Aug-1995	4-5 /
7	Cause of Death	Medical Thriller / MT	1996-07 / Jul-1996	4-5 /
8	Unnatural Exposure	Medical Thriller / MT	1997-07 / Jul-1997	4-5 /
9	Point of Origin	Medical Thriller / MT	1998-07 / Jul-1998	4-5 /

10	Black Notice	Medical Thriller / MT	1999-08 / Aug-1999	4 /
11	The Last Precinct	Medical Thriller / MT	2000-10 / Oct-2000	4-5 /
12	Blow Fly	Medical Thriller / MT	2003-10 / Oct-2003	4 /
13	Trace	Medical Thriller / MT	2004-09 / Sep-2004	4 /
14	Predator	Medical Thriller / MT	2005-10 / Oct-2005	4 /
15	Book of the Dead	Medical Thriller / MT	2006-11 / Nov-2006	4 /
16	Scarpetta	Medical Thriller / MT	2008-12 / Dec-2008	4 /
17	The Scarpetta Factor	Medical Thriller / MT	2009-10 / Oct-2009	4 /
18	Port Mortuary	Medical Thriller / MT	2010-12 / Dec-2010	4 /
19	Red Mist	Medical Thriller / MT	2011-12 / Dec-2011	4 /
20	The Bone Bed	Medical Thriller / MT	2012-10 / Oct-2012	4 /
21	Dust	Medical Thriller / MT	2013-11 / Nov-2013	4 /
22	Flesh and Blood	Medical Thriller / MT	2014-11 / Nov-2014	4 /
23	Depraved Heart	Medical Thriller / MT	2015-11 / Nov-2015	3-5 /
24	Chaos	Medical Thriller / MT	2016-11 / Nov-2016	3-5 /