• Flesh and Blood

  • A Scarpetta Novel, Book 22
  • By: Patricia Cornwell
  • Narrated by: Lorelei King
  • Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (1,822 ratings)

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Flesh and Blood

By: Patricia Cornwell
Narrated by: Lorelei King
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Number one New York Times best-selling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the next enthralling thriller in her high-stakes series starring Kay Scarpetta - a complex tale involving a serial sniper who strikes chillingly close to the forensic sleuth herself.

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 twenty-second 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.

©2014 Cornwell Entertainment, Inc. (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers

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Patti poo

loved it, like the updated tech and how the character development moves ahead with time.

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My 1st audible book.

Narrator is good. I listen as I flip thru the hardcopy. Audio and visual combined are the best.

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great listen

loved it, onto next book and adventure. looking forward to seeing the story it's arc

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Second Best Yet

The narration was great, but I had to switch to print to follow a page or two of highly-technical weapon description.

The story was fast paced and interesting. The characters were both true to form and pushed to the limits of their own moral standards.

A great book, however The Body Farm is still my favorite of Scarpetta's learning experiences.

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amazing<br />

its been a while since I've read one. I'm hooked again. Already downloading the next book

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It was okay......

I like a story that has an ending and this one did not. It seems that all of the authors I read are becoming more commercial and want to just sell the next book. The narrator although good one does not fit with these story lines. All I hear is Morreli or Ranger when she does Benton or Moreno. The author is becoming too predictable :-(

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Love Scarpetta

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Absolutely, her adventures are worth it

Who was your favorite character and why?

Kay, of course

Have you listened to any of Lorelei King’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Don't know

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Would love to but not a possiblity

Any additional comments?

Can't wait for her next book

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Is this Part One??

What did you love best about Flesh and Blood?

For the same reason I love all her books.....the characters and plot evolution

Any additional comments?

I was exceedingly disappointed that there were so many unresolved issues at the end. It makes me think it is Part 1 of 2 (I hope!!)

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As usual

Always love the Kay Scarpetta series, and Patricia Cornwell hits it out of the ballpark again.

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Wonderful

Can’t put this down then sorry to be finished!!! Perfect! Thank you!!!! Now for the next one!!!!

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