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    Post-Mortem | Patricia Cornwell
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    Richmond, Virginia: a serial killer is on the loose. Dr Kay Scarpetta is called in to help track the killer.

    An Interesting Twist

    It kept me guessing “who dunnit” through to the end. The plot would be good for a movie thriller.

    A missing piece to the overall performance..Show More »

    Reviewed on Mar 13 2013 by Brenda (Gauteng, South Africa)
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    Postmortem: A Scarpetta Novel | Patricia Cornwell
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    Postmortem: A Scarpetta Novel

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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.

    Serial killer vs Dr. Scarpetta

    Kept suspense moving, enjoyed how it unraveled (with nothing stupid getting in the way). It was entertaining and well worth the listen. The DNA and co..Show More »

    Reviewed on Jun 26 2011 by Wayne (Irvine, CA, United States)
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    Body of Evidence | Patricia Cornwell
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    Body of Evidence

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    Number one New York Times best-selling author Patricia Cornwell returns to the chilling world of gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta in this suspense fiction classic. Reclusive author Beryl Madison finds no safe haven from months of menacing phone calls - or the tormented feeling that her every move is being watched. When the writer is found slain in her own home, Kay Scarpetta pieces together the intricate forensic evidence - while unwittingly edging closer to a killer waiting in the shadows....

    Worth listening to
    Reviewed on Aug 15 2012 by Teddy ()
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    Body of Evidence: A Scarpetta Novel | Patricia Cornwell
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    Body of Evidence: A Scarpetta Novel

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    Late one night Beryl Madison turns off her burglar alarm, puts down her gun and opens her door to the man who has stalked and terrorized her for months. Hours later, her brutally mutilated body lies in the city morgue. As Scarpetta begins searching for the microscopic clues to the killer’s identity, one question keeps nagging her: why did Beryl let him in?

    Worst Performance EVER!
    Reviewed on Apr 19 2012 by Sarah Hurst (GOLDEN, COLORADO, United States)
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    All That Remains: A Kay Scarpetta Mystery, Book 3 | Patricia Cornwell
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    All That Remains: A Kay Scarpetta Mystery, Book 3

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    When the bodies of young courting couples start turning up in remote woodland areas, Chief Medical Examiner Scarpetta is unable to determine the cause of death. Then the daughter of one of the most powerful women in America goes missing....

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    All That Remains: A Scarpetta Novel | Patricia Cornwell
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    All That Remains: A Scarpetta Novel

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    A serial killer is stalking Virginia’s young lovers, taking their lives and taunting police with a single clue: a jack of hearts. For two years, the meaning of this card has eluded FBI investigators. But as Scarpetta begins searching the victims’ remains for microscopic clues, she begins to suspect that someone in the FBI knows more about the murderer.

    Glad I didn't skip this one!
    Reviewed on Feb 13 2012 by Joseph (Steubenville, OH, United States)
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    Cruel and Unusual: The Scarpetta Series, Book 4 | Patricia Cornwell
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    Cruel and Unusual: The Scarpetta Series, Book 4

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    When convicted killer Ronnie Joe Waddell is executed in Virginia’s electric chair, he becomes what should be a routine postmortem case for Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. But after Waddell’s execution the murders continue, as everyone connected to him begins to die – including members of Scarpetta’s staff. Then, when crucial records disappear from her files, Scarpetta comes under fire for incompetence. Caught in a web of political intrigue, Scarpetta must fight for her good name and her life.

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    Cruel and Unusual | Patricia Cornwell
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    Cruel and Unusual

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    When an executed murderer’s fingerprints turn up at a new crime scene, Kay Scarpetta investigates. Prepare for the kind of riveting suspense this best-selling author delivers so well.

    Exciting
    Reviewed on Aug 27 2012 by Gloria (United States)
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    The Body Farm: A Scarpetta Novel | Patricia Cornwell
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    The Body Farm: A Scarpetta Novel

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    Little Emily Steiner left a church meeting late one afternoon and strolled toward home along a lakeside path; a week later, her nude body was discovered, bound in blaze-orange duct tape. Called by the North Carolina authorities, forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta recognizes similarities to the gruesome work of a serial killer who has long eluded the FBI.

    Predictable

    The novel was interesting in the beginning and very well narrated, but half-way in, you already know the ending. There are better crime novels.

    Reviewed on Apr 05 2011 by Gabrielle (United States)
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    From Potters Field: A Scarpetta Novel | Patricia Cornwell
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    From Potters Field: A Scarpetta Novel

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    An unidentified nude female sits propped against a fountain in Central Park. There are no signs of struggle. When Dr. Kay Scarpetta and her colleagues Benton Wesley and Pete Marino arrive on the scene, they instantly recognize the signature of serial killer Temple Brooks Gault. Scarpetta, on assignment with the FBI, visits the New York City morgue on Christmas morning, where she must use her forensic expertise to give a name to the nameless - a difficult task. But as she sorts through conflicting forensic clues, Gault claims his next victim.

    EXCRUTIATING NARRATOR
    Reviewed on Sep 03 2011 by Coooper (Wasilla, AK, United States)
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    Cause of Death | Patricia Cornwell
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    Cause of Death

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    On a quiet day, away from the hustle of Richmond, in a small cottage on the Virginia coast, Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a disturbing phone call from the Chesapeake police. Thirty feet deep in the murky waters of Virginia's Elizabeth River, a scuba diver's body is discovered near the Inactive Naval Shipyard.

    Marcum Welby you are Fired!

    Kay is the new and inproved Dr. of the dead. She is way more hands on and fun with all the characters she happens to come in contact with. I liked h..Show More »

    Reviewed on Apr 12 2004 by Peggy (Baltimore, MD, United States)
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    Unnatural Exposure | Patricia Cornwell
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    Unnatural Exposure

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    The body of an elderly woman is found dismembered in a Virginia landfill. Scarpetta initially believes the clues mirror that of a serial killer she's tracked before. But upon further investigation, she discovers puzzling pox-like erruptions on the woman's body that, perhaps, point in another direction.

    Interesting Story Ruined by Narrator

    This is the first time I have written a review on a book before I have finished it. I can't WAIT to finish this one! Not to see how it ends, but to ..Show More »

    Reviewed on Jul 17 2010 by Joanna (SCOTTSDALE, AZ, United States)
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    Black Notice: A Kay Scarpetta Novel, Book 10 | Patricia Cornwell
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    Black Notice: A Kay Scarpetta Novel, Book 10

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    The post mortem performed by Dr. Scarpetta initially reveals neither a cause of death nor an identification. But the victim's personal effects and an odd tattoo take Scarpetta on a hunt for information that leads to Interpol's headquarters in Lyon.

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    Black Notice | Patricia Cornwell
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    Black Notice

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    Patricia Cornwell delivers a high-stakes Kay Scarpetta novel with an intrigue that will take Kay an ocean's length from home. The nightmare begins when a cargo ship arriving from Belgium at Richmond's Deep Water Terminal is discovered to be transporting a locked, sealed container holding the decomposed remains of a stowaway.

    If you like CSI, you'll like this one.

    I'm a big fan of the CSI television series, so I really enjoyed all the forensic science contained in this one, in addition to the interesting charact..Show More »

    Reviewed on Jul 06 2004 by Angel (fullerton, CA, United States)
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    The Last Precinct | Patricia Cornwell
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    The Last Precinct

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    We enter The Last Precinct through the reverberating aftershocks of Black Notice, inconceivably finding Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner, Kay Scarpetta, an object of suspicion and criminal investigation. The nightmare on Scarpetta's doorstep continues as she discovers that the so-called Werewolf murders may have extended to New York City and into the darkest corners of her past.

    Another great Scarpetta novel

    A really good read. Enough twists and turns to keep both the new readers and faithful Patricia Cornwell fans guessing.

    Reviewed on Jun 28 2004 by Kathleen (Canyon Country , CA, USA)
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    The Last Precinct | Patricia Cornwell
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    The Last Precinct

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    Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta is under suspicion and criminal investigation. And the nightmare perpetuated on Scarpetta's doorstep continues as she discovers that the so-called Werewolf murders may have extended to New York City and into the darkest corners of her past.

    The last precint

    Being a Patricia Cornwell fan, the twists and turns of this book kept me completely attached to my head set. Love the csi research.

    Reviewed on Feb 15 2005 by Karisa (Holladay, UT, USA)
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    Blow Fly | Patricia Cornwell
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    In Blow Fly, Kay Scarpetta stands at the threshold of a new life after her work as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner has come to a jarring end. At the close of The Last Precinct, she knew she would have to leave Richmond if she were to find any peace. So she packed up her belongings and set out for Florida. Now she must unravel a conspiracy with an international reach and confront the shock of her life, a blow that will force her to question all she holds dear.

    Blow Fly Blows

    I was very disappointed in this newest Kay Scarpetta novel. At the end of The Last Precinct, Kay was headed off to New York to help with a murder tri..Show More »

    Reviewed on Jan 03 2005 by Vida (Eatonville, WA, USA)
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    Blow Fly | Patricia Cornwell
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    Dr. Kay Scarpetta has left Virgina in quest of peace, but instead finds herself drawn into baffling, horrific murders in Florida, where she becomes entangled in an international conspiracy that confronts her with the shock of her life.

    Awful. Choose another book

    Patricia Cornwell is a bestseller writer but this book is very hard to read. The story doesn't flow, it does not keep you attention at all. The narrat..Show More »

    Reviewed on May 06 2010 by Pedro Oliveira Jr. (Sao Paulo, SP Brazil)
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    Trace: A Scarpetta Novel | Patricia Cornwell
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    Trace: A Scarpetta Novel

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    In Trace, Kay Scarpetta travels to Richmond, Virginia, at the odd behest of the recently appointed Chief Medical Examiner, who claims that he needs her help to solve a perplexing crime. When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds that nothing is as she expected: her former lab is in the final stages of demolition; the inept chief isn't the one who requested her after all; her old assistant chief has developed personal problems that he won't reveal; and a glamorous FBI agent meddles with the case.

    A little harsh?

    I have read other reviews here, and while I can understand some of the frustration, I would not classify this as one of Cornwell's "worst". I was mor..Show More »

    Reviewed on Mar 15 2005 by Eileen (Tinley Park, IL, United States)
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    Trace | Patricia Cornwell
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    Trace

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    Against her own judgement, Kay Scarpetta agrees to return to Virginia as a consultant pathologist on the case involving the death of a 14-year-old girl. Soon Kay is investigating the probability that someone is after those closest to her.

    Narrator's performance

    Although I love Patricia Cornwell's books, it is difficult for me to get used to the way in which this narrator, Lorelei King, reads the book. Since I..Show More »

    Reviewed on Mar 03 2012 by Hermine (PRETORIA, South Africa)
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    Predator | Patricia Cornwell
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    Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida, takes charge of a case that stretches from steamy Florida to snowbound Boston, one as unnerving as any she has ever faced. The teasing psychological clues lead Scarpetta and her team, Pete Marino, Benton Wesley, and Lucy Farinelli, to suspect that they are hunting someone with a cunning and malevolent mind whose secrets have kept them in the shadows, until now.

    JackieIN

    Definetly a Scarpetta fan, but this one was a big disappointment! The story just dragged by, and I went back several times thinking I must have missed..Show More »

    Reviewed on Nov 29 2005 by Jackie (Rushville, IN, USA)
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    Predator | Patricia Cornwell
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    Florida is full of predators, from the animals who thrive in its heat to the humans who stalk the malls, and they all give Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a forensics specialist, the opportunity and the means to do what she does best: persuading the dead to speak to her.

    Predator is awful

    I am very sorry I ever downloaded this book. The writing style is very weird, the characters act like children - actually worse. The profanity is unbe..Show More »

    Reviewed on Feb 28 2010 by Henry F. Ward (Kobe Shi, Kita Ku, Hyogo Ken Japan)
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    Book of the Dead | Patricia Cornwell
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    Book of the Dead

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    Fresh from her bruising battle with a psychopath in Florida, Scarpetta decides it's time for a change of pace. Moving to Charleston, South Carolina, she opens a unique private forensic pathology practice, one in which she and her colleagues, including Pete Marino and her niece, Lucy, offer expert crime-scene investigation and autopsy services to communities lacking local access to competent death investigation and modern technology.

    A Rare Occurrence

    It's rare for me not to finish a book. Even more rare, not to get past the prologue. The opening sequence of this book was so distasteful, I stopped l..Show More »

    Reviewed on Oct 29 2007 by Eva Gannon (Chicago, Illinois, US)
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    Book Of The Dead | Patricia Cornwell
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    Book Of The Dead

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    The 'book of the dead' is the morgue log in which all cases are entered. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning. She moves to South Carolina in the hope of a quieter life, but then a series of violent murders begins.

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    Scarpetta | Patricia Cornwell
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    Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta accepts an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured man on Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric prison ward. The handcuffed and chained patient, Oscar Bane, has specifically asked for her, and when she literally has her gloved hands on him, he begins to talk - and the story he has to tell turns out to be one of the most bizarre she has ever heard.

    Don't waste your money

    Slow, boring plot. The Cornwell of old is gone. I have been a big fan of hers for years, but its time to move on.

    Reviewed on Jan 20 2009 by Becky ()
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    Scarpetta | Patricia Cornwell
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    Leaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured patient in a psychiatric ward. The handcuffed and chained patient, Oscar Bane, has specifically asked for her, and he begins to talk. He says his injuries were sustained in the course of a murder... that he did not commit.

    Great listening

    I really enjoyed this book once I got into it. The first couple of chapters were a bit of a drag but after that the book was rally good

    Reviewed on Aug 19 2009 by Lia (Sutton, Australia)
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    The Scarpetta Factor | Patricia Cornwell
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    The Scarpetta Factor

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    It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta - despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN - to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events.

    Disappointed

    I've found since the "death" of Benton Wesley that the books have taken a very dark turn. There doesn't seem to be any joy in them at all. Even when t..Show More »

    Reviewed on Oct 22 2009 by Lee (Shamrock, TX, United States)
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    The Scarpetta Factor | Patricia Cornwell
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    It is the week before Christmas. The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her services pro bono to New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time at all, her increased visibility precipitates a string of dramatic and unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr, who has vanished and is presumed dead.

    Nail Biting
    Reviewed on Mar 17 2013 by Pamela (Bedfordview, South Africa)
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    Port Mortuary | Patricia Cornwell
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    Port Mortuary

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    Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of ‘virtual autopsy’ - a groundbreaking procedure that could soon revolutionise forensic science. And it is not too long before these new skills urgently need to be put into practice. A young man drops dead, apparently from a heart condition, eerily close to Scarpetta’s home.

    Gave me a headache

    Recited in such a grim expressionless monotone it's hard to tell if there's a worthwhile book in there.
    First chapter sounded like a lot of acron..Show More »

    Reviewed on Apr 07 2012 by Aline (Durban, South Africa)
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    Port Mortuary: A Scarpetta Novel | Patricia Cornwell
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    Port Mortuary: A Scarpetta Novel

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    In this fast-paced story, a treacherous path from Scarpetta's past merges with the high tech highway she now finds herself on. We travel back to the beginning of her professional career, when she enlisted in the Air Force to pay off her medical school debt and found herself ensnared in a gruesome case of what seemed to be vicious, racially motivated hate crimes against two Americans in South Africa.

    once again angry

    While the plot is good, Kay Scapetta's constant anger, resentmet, and certainty that she is at the center of everything that happens, turns a "must re..Show More »

    Reviewed on Dec 09 2010 by Terry (mammoth lakes, CA, United States)
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    Red Mist | Patricia Cornwell
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    Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly killings. The murder of an Atlanta family years ago, a young woman on death row, and the inexplicable deaths of homeless people as far away as California seem unrelated. But Scarpetta discovers connections that compel her to conclude that what she thought ended with Fielding's death and an attempt on her own life is only the beginning....

    Too much dialog, too little story
    Reviewed on Dec 12 2011 by Rene (Bethlehem, Panama)
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    The Bone Bed: Scarpetta, Book 20 | Patricia Cornwell
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    The Bone Bed: Scarpetta, Book 20

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    In Alberta, Canada, an eminent paleontologist disappears from a dinosaur dig site, and at the Cambridge Forensic Center, Kay Scarpetta receives a grisly communication that gives her a dreadful reason to suspect this may become her next case. Then, with shocking speed, events begin to unfold.

    A body recovered from Boston Harbor reveals bizarre trace evidence hinting of a link to other unsolved cases that seem to have nothing in common. Who is behind all this? And whom can Scarpetta trust?

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    The Bone Bed: Scarpetta, Book 20 | Patricia Cornwell
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    A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over 2,000 miles away, in Boston. She has no idea why. But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins to suspect that the paleontologist's disappearance is connected to a series of crimes - much closer to home: a gruesome murder, inexplicable tortures, and trace evidence from the last living creatures of the dinosaur age.

    A tedious disappointment - Don't Bother!

    Where is the confident, take no prisoners Scarpetta gone? Over the last 20 books she has steadily deteriorated. Readers want humanistic heroes, but ..Show More »

    Reviewed on Oct 25 2012 by G. House Sr. (Sherborn, MA, United States)