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by Patricia Cornwell
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Lost in Libraries
Lost in Libraries rated it 8 years ago
I was only made aware of Cornwell's existence sometime last year. But I didn't consider trying her books until this month when I was wandering through my local library trying to find a fiction book to check out. I'd already skimmed through her Twitter and noted she spent a lot of time getting hands ...
NightLizard's Cave
NightLizard's Cave rated it 9 years ago
4.25Ok, that book was a very pleasant surprise and I find the fact that it has been written in 1990 one of the pluses I got reading it for the first time in 2016, because It was such a true and real journey to the past. This book was quite a thrilling detective story. I am a fan of Keith McCarthy an...
Gosh I Wish I was a Good Writer
Gosh I Wish I was a Good Writer rated it 9 years ago
This was a hard, dark gritty tale and the beginning of a long series. Kay is an odd woman to me hard one minute and being a kid when dealing with her mom. Her partner Pete Marino easily is the character that will cause me to come back to the series.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 11 years ago
bookshelves: published-1990, series, mystery-thriller, autumn-2012, serial-killer, north-americas, hackers-and-computers, library-in-norway Read from November 04 to 05, 2012 The blurb: The Scarpetta novels include a great deal of detail on forensic science. The initial resolution to the mystery ...
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it 11 years ago
Cornwell has worked as a crime reporter and for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia, so she certainly has the background to bring a sense of authenticity to her medical examiner heroine and first person narrator, Kay Scarpetta. Indeed, I think its the details of this world that rais...
Sarah's Library
Sarah's Library rated it 11 years ago
12/3 - I've read this numerous times over the past 15 or so years, too many times to count in fact. But I hadn't read it recently enough to write a proper review my way, that is reviewing as I go, so after I joined GR I promised myself I would re-read in order to write a review more detailed than "...
Retiredbear
Retiredbear rated it 11 years ago
My first read of a Patricia Cornwell mystery. I must say that I have read all the Kathy Reichs books and the Kay Scarpetta character does not compare to the one in the Reichs series. So, if you are looking for scientific forensic pathology, you should pass on the Kay Scarpetta character books.I wa...
Wandering through fiction
Wandering through fiction rated it 11 years ago
Really enjoyed this. Suspect I didn't mind the technical chunks as they are processes that I've done in uni. Well written and good twists and turns. No chance that you could work out the killer on your own though.
K.
K. rated it 11 years ago
Meh. I was expecting better, since I know how popular this series is.
mpontiff
mpontiff rated it 11 years ago
A fairly good book, my only complaint is that the ending is rushed and then the reader gets filled in on a lot of the back story.
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