Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta) by Patricia Cornwell

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Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta)
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Updated on 10-17-2008.

Features

Audio CD: 1 pages

Publisher: Penguin Audio; Abridged edition (October 23, 2007)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0143059130

ISBN-13: 978-0143059134

Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches

Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces ()

From Publishers Weekly
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.
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From AudioFile
Theres no faulting the messenger in Patricia Cornwells latest thriller. Actress Mary Stuart Masterson renders the latest adventure of forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta quite perfectly. What Masterson cant do is save the novel, a pale imitation of a once robust franchise. Masterson breathes life into the colorful cast of characters that inhabit the Scarpetta world, giving each one a distinct personality. Ostensibly the book is about the murder of a 16-year-old tennis star by The Sandman. After a maddening series of subplots, hes captured in a couple sentences. It happens so fast this listener thought hed missed something. Either this is a terrible abridgment, or this series is dead. M.S. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, No. 15) (Hardcover) So much for hoping that Cornwell would return to the great stories about Kay Scarpetta, America's top forensic pathologist, and her merry band of helpers. This book is beyond bad. It doesn't deserve even half a star. Between pages 65, 66 and 67, Cornwell writes "...he's done the unthinkable." "...he might be capable of the unthinkable." "...not if he did the unthinkable." "He may have done the unthinkable." "...she hopes ... that the unthinkable hasn't happened." "Assuming he's done the unthinkable..." What's *unthinkable* is that this mess got through the editing process. Is there no one brave enough to stand up and say, "Miss Cornwell, this won't do. Bring it back when it's worthy to print or get a ghost writer."? Lucy, Scarpetta's niece and incredibly wealthy computer genius, is really high maintenance and she just wears me out. Benton, Scarpetta's lover, is a puffed up jealous toad. There's a smarmy Italian doctor after her affections, too. Marino, Scarpetta's investigator, really crosses the line and would be canned in a second by the the original Scarpetta - the brilliant pathologist who lept off the pages when Cornwell was at the top of her game. The Iraq war figures into the killer's fury. Iraqi sand, blue glue and a lot of missing body parts are supposed to provide intrigue. Not this time. The main characters are actually scarier than the madman. Something's wrong with this picture. No amount of pre-release hype can save this mess. Once the reviews hit, and readers blog their thoughts and opinions, the book will fall off the side of the world. Good riddance.

Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta)
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Updated on 10-17-2008.