Flesh and Blood

A Scarpetta Novel, Book 22

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Lorelei King

It’s Dr. Kay Scarpetta’s birthday, and she’s about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their Cambridge house. Is this a kids’ game? If so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny they could be newly minted? Her cellphone rings, and Detective Pete Marino tells her there’s been a homicide five minutes away. A high school music teacher has been shot with uncanny precision as he unloaded groceries from his car. No one has heard or seen a thing.

In this 22nd Scarpetta novel, the master forensic sleuth finds herself in the unsettling pursuit of a serial sniper who leaves no incriminating evidence except fragments of copper. The shots seem impossible, yet they are so perfect they cause instant death. The victims appear to have had nothing in common, and there is no pattern to indicate where the killer will strike next. First New Jersey, then Massachusetts, and then the murky depths off the coast of South Florida, where Scarpetta investigates a shipwreck, looking for answers that only she can discover and analyze. And it is there that she comes face to face with shocking evidence that implicates her techno genius niece, Lucy, Scarpetta’s own flesh and blood.

Unlistenable

If Lorelei King was paid more than Dollar,she was overpaid this book is unlistenable

Kept My Attention

If you could sum up Flesh and Blood in three words, what would they be?

Suspense, drama, crime

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

The plot moved quickly, and there were often little cliffhangers at the end of the chapters.

The Story was Great, the reader Inappropriate.

I think I have listened to all the Scarpetta series books. Unfortunately, this last one was spoiled by the choice of readers. I am sure that Lorelei King is a great reader for some other types of books but nothing beats Kate Reading's interpretation of Scarpetta as a super intelligent woman at constant war with the inner darkness that keeps threatening to overwhelm her and at times succeeds. This character should not be portrayed by a bright lilting voice. It needs the voice of someone who understands the character of Kay Scarpetta and can get into her body and mind. Please switch back to Kate Reading for the next novel in the series.

Nobody Does Their Homework like Cornwall!

One of Cornwall's best ever! Ballistics were fascinating! Loved the interview with Cornwall at the end!

Great book

Another great Scarpetta story. I'm not crazy about the narrator. I would recommend going back to the previous narrators.