The Bone Bed: Scarpetta (Book 20)
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (700 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1611761069 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 10 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Still Missing the 90s What can I say about Scarpetta number twenty? I didn't dislike the book, but in my opinion, Cornwell has yet to produce a follow-up book that is in anyway comparable to the quality of her first six to eight books. This review does contain a few mild spoilers!Before I air my complaints, I will give cr. "Sadly, our beloved characters are played out." according to Amazon Customer. Cornwell has made an effort with this book to bring the Scarpetta series back on track; however, it did fall a tad short. Acceptable (meaning I was able to finish it), but definitely not up to the first half dozen or so efforts that captured our imaginationsbut not as bad as the preceding recent effo. Worst Cornwell book ever. MeganS I bought this slogged through 7-8 chapters of emotional garbage, then tossed the book. I love a clean cut detective story, one that moves along sharply like a Connelly or Coben or Rendell or Burke--and by early Cornwell. I don't care what the characters wear, what they eat, why their feelings are hur
She’s gazing appreciatively at younger men, including her newly hired deputy at the Cambridge Forensic Center, Dr. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: As the twentieth entry in the Kay Scarpetta series, this is bound to be promoted heavily. Luke Zenner, while Wesley admits that his younger female partner is in love with him and has tried to lure him to bed. Which distracts Scarpetta when the killer, inevitably, targets her. Unfortunately, one of the cases doesn’t quite fit the pattern. And then there’s Scarpetta herself, now feeling both her age and some friction in her marriage. Disparate cases tend to connect in crime fiction, and soon Scarpetta&mdas
Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author. . PATRICIA CORNWELL’s most recent bestsellers include Red Mist, Port Mortuary, and Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed. Her earlier works include Postmortem—the only novel to win five major crime awards in a single year—and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain’s prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the best crimenovel of 1993
Feeling alone and betrayed, Scarpetta is tempted by someone from her past as she tracks a killer both cunning and cruel.This is Kay Scarpetta as you have never seen her before. But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins to suspect that the paleontologist’s disappearance is connected to a series of crimes much closer to home: a gruesome murder, inexplicable tortures, and trace evidence from the last living creatures of the dinosaur age.When she turns to those around her, Scarpetta finds that the danger and suspicion have penetrated even her closest circles. Her lead investigator, Pete Marino, and FBI forensic psychologist and husband, Benton Wesley, have secrets of their own. A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. Her niece Lucy speaks in riddles. The Bone Bed is a must read for any fan of this series, or an ideal starting point for new readers.. She h