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  • Pub. Date: October 2007
  • 416pp

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    • Pub. Date: October 2007
    • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
    • Format: Hardcover, 416pp

    Synopsis

    From America's #1 bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary new Dr. Kay Scarpetta novel.

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    Bestseller Cornwell's 15th novel to feature Dr. Kay Scarpetta (after 2005's Predator) delivers her trademark grisly crime scenes, but lacks the coherence and emotional resonance of earlier books. Soon after relocating to Charleston, S.C., to launch a private forensics lab, Scarpetta is asked to consult on the murder of U.S. tennis star Drew Martin, whose mutilated body was found in Rome. Contradictory evidence leaves Scarpetta, the Italian carabinieri and Scarpetta's lover, forensic psychologist Benton Wesley, stumped. But when she discovers unsettling connections between Martin's murder, the body of an unidentified South Carolina boy and her old nemesis, the maniacal psychiatrist Dr. Marilyn Self, Scarpetta encounters a killer as deadly as any she's ever faced. With her recent switch from first- to third-person narration, Cornwell loses what once made her series so compelling: a window into the mind of a strong, intelligent woman holding her own in a profession dominated by men. Here, the abrupt shifts in point of view slow the momentum, and the reader flounders in excessive forensic minutiae. (Oct.)

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    Readers of Patricia Cornwell's crime novels need a strong stomach, both for the gruesome details and the suspenseful turns of her plots. With medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, Cornwell created a cool and compelling heroine who repeatedly draws readers back for more.

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    Worst in the Scarpetta series by far.by DeCe2

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    October 19, 2009: Poorly conceived and executed. The author, usually one of my favorites, had a really bad book.

    this will be my last Scarpetta novel!by Anonymous

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    October 04, 2009: I used to really like the characters, but in this book, everything seemed to fall apart. The characters, plot, setting, everything about this book seemed contrived. The plot was outlandish and the author couldn't seem to hold it all together. I was very disappointed!! I'm glad I bought the book on clearance and didn't spend a lot of money on it!


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