Book of the Dead
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FOUR EXTRAORDINARY NOVELSFEATURING KAY SCARPETTAFrom the world's #1 bestselling crime writerPATRICIA CORNWELL"When it comes to forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell."—The New York Times Book Review"Cornwell has created a character so real, so compelling, so driven that this reader has to remind herself regularly that Scarpetta is just a product of an author's imagination."—USA TodayThe Last PrecinctPatricia Cornwell takes her readers deeper into Kay Scarpetta's heart and soul than ever before, as she discovers that the so-called Werewolf murders may have extended to New York City—and into the darkest corners of her past.Blow FlyKay Scarpetta agrees to investigate a cold case in Louisiana—the baffling murder of a woman with a history of blackouts and violent outbursts. Then she receives news that chills her to the core: Jean-Baptiste Chandonne—the vicious and unrepentant Wolfman, who pursued her to her very doorstep—has asked to see her...PredatorInvestigating the disappearance of two sisters in Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta follows clues that twist and turn, leading her into the psychopathic depths of a jailed serial killer's mind...The Book of the DeadThe Book of the Dead is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to acquire a new meaning.
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26 primary books27 released booksKay Scarpetta
Kay Scarpetta is a 27-book series with 27 primary works first released in 1990 with contributions by Patricia Cornwell and Patricia Daniels Cornwell.
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So, I'm not familiar with Cornwell's Scarpetta series, so maybe that biases me. (Though novels should stand on their own merits.) The plot was terrible - convoluted and contrived. There were so many coincidences I stopped caring. Sometimes you can pull off a “master plot” with lots of “coincidences” that end up being part of the plan all along, but this was just sloppy and overwrought. I didn't care about any of the characters, and identified the most with a minor character that took up all of ten pages. It was dull and bland and I'm sorry I actually finished it.
This was actually the first in the series I had read and I truly enjoyed it. It was the first time I had read something like this and therefore surprised myself with how much I did like the story. Naturally, I then had to go back and start getting the rest. Unfortunately, I have only read it once and the only thing I remember is that I enjoyed it.
