The first book in the Kay Scarpetta series this one introduces us to the characters and the world she works in . Scarpetta is the Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia, with her niece visiting her she's investigating a serial killer who is hunting women and spreading fear. The story starts with s...
After I got over the fact that she's 40 years old and what seemed like her go to police buddy, was portrayed as a 50 something potbellied sweating greasy pig or something similar, it was actually quite good.I liked the procedure and the mystery - But what I really loved was that I was totally cluele...
The blurb: The Scarpetta novels include a great deal of detail on forensic science. The initial resolution to the mystery is found in the forensic investigation of the murder victim's corpse, although Scarpetta does considerably more field investigation and confrontation with suspects than real-life...
RE-READ - at least 10 years later: OK, so my dissatisfaction with this book stems from a) it's really really dated - i.e., all the antiquated tech talk, which is fine for the period, but hard to wrap my 21st century-version brain around - I guess I never did anything with databases at that time, and...
The introduction in to the life of medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta is both intriguing and mysterious. The combination of new technology and old fashioned detective work in to the series of tragic murders is facinating.
Originally posted at Nose in a BookIt is a known fact I enjoy a good mystery series. I have no problem admitting that I enjoy the In Death series by J.D. Robb, I’ve read a few Pattersons, even thought of reading the Sue Grafton alphabet series! So reading the Scarpetta series by Patrica Cornwell isn...
This is the first of the Kay Scarpetta mysteries. Dr. Scarpetta is the Medical Examiner for the state of Virginia working out of Richmond. There is a serial killer in the city, raping and brutally murdering women who appear to have nothing in common. Alongside detective Marino, she attempts to di...
Post Mortem is a brilliant book that crosses paced and thrilling description with functioning science and thoroughly believable characters all together.At first, the first person narrative was a downer because I'm not inclined to like certain books with that narrative. I was wrong to think this: the...
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