• Postmortem

  • A Scarpetta Novel
  • By: Patricia Cornwell
  • Narrated by: C. J. Critt
  • Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (5,621 ratings)

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Narrated by: C. J. Critt
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Four young women have been found murdered—tortured and strangled in their own beds—all victims of the same brilliant monster. Using a skilled hand and the latest technology in forensic medicine, Kay Scarpetta begins the process of gathering the microscopic clues the latest battered body has to give.

©1990 Patricia D. Cornwell (P)1993 Recorded Books, LLC

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Great mystery!

First time reader of Patricia Cornwell. I am looking forward to reading (listening) to the rest of this series.

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Great!

Thanks for a great addition! I loved the novel and the main characters. What a great continuation of this series

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Solid

I didn’t expect to like this book as much as I did, but I would have no reservations about reading more from the author.

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Didn’t age well

Lots of old AIDS and other references that didn’t age well; narrator had some grating-sounding voices; and the Doctor smokes and doesn’t use her common sense, but the story had good bones.

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Good story, technical difficulties

Good story just a little long winded in certain spots. I thought I know who the killer was and then PLOT TWIST!!! Got to the part where the killer is about to be revealed and audible starts cutting off causing me to restart it several times.

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Good

I enjoyed this book, the first I've listened to by this author. It was good but somewhat unrealistic.

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I'm not a fan of the narrator.

The story was great. I started reading this series when they were first released, and I thought I'd start them over again with Audible. I was very disappointed in the narration.

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From the Beginning

I wanted to start the Scarpetta series from the beginning. Even though dated, I enjoyed I enjoyed listening to the book. In to the next!

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Love, Patricia, Cornwell, and all her books not a fan of the narrator

Not really a fan of the narrator. She does not do justice to the character.

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I enjoyed it

I love it when a book keeps me engaged to a point where I’m trying to figure out who did it.

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