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Book of the Dead

by Patricia Cornwell

Series: Kay Scarpetta (15)

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A murder mystery with Dr. Self and a series of murders in Rome and Charleston SC. It appears that Dr. Selfs son is the murder. Marino disappears in this version and Lucy keeps doing her thing ( )
  amacmillen | Sep 8, 2009 |
Yet again a step in the right direction. Since I read Predator I took a look at Cornwell's website and had a few of my suspicions confirmed.

Again, there is a continuity factor with this one. She brings in a character from Predator into this book, but yet fails to wrap up the loose ends from Predator that would have made sense here. That's a nasty little habit I wish she'd break.

And what the hell happened to Lucy's sidekick Rudy, was it? Just vanished from Trace, not a mention of him in Predator or Book of the Dead. As close as they were you'd think that it would be a decent story line. ( )
  debavp | Jul 27, 2009 |
Not my usual fare, but it was a good read even though I popped into the middle of the series and many of the characters are left in unresolved situations. I'll have to look for the sequel now! Perfect summer reading. ( )
  mojomomma | Jul 8, 2009 |
Scarpetta teams with Lucy and Benton to solve a series of murders beginning with the death of a famous young tennis player. Benton and Scarpetta's relationship finally progresses. Marino commits an unthinkable act. Lucy discovers a medical problem. And, finally Cornwell starts focusing on the plot and less on her dreary characters. I don't get why she named it Book of the Dead though. ( )
  FMRox | May 26, 2009 |
Lots of loose ends to clean up - or make room for a sequel. ( )
  mashley | May 19, 2009 |
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This book is dedicated to my publisher. Ivan Held.
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From America's # 1 bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary new Dr. Kay Scarpetta novel. The "book of the dead" is the morgue log, a ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to take on a new meaning. Fresh from her bruising battle with a psychopath in Florida, Scarpetta decides it's time for a change of pace, not only personally and professionally but geographically. Moving to the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina, she opens a unique private forensic pathology practice, one in which she and her colleagues-including Pete Marino and her niece, Lucy-offer expert crime-scene investigation and autopsy services to communities lacking local access to modern, competent death investigation technology. It seems like an ideal situation, until the new battles start-with local politicians, with entrenched interests, with someone whose covert attempts at sabotage are clearly meant to run Scarpetta out of town. And that's before the murders and other violent deaths even begin. A young man from a well-known family jumps off a water tower. A woman is found ritualistically murdered in her multimillion-dollar beach home. The body of an abused young boy is discovered dumped in a desolate marsh. Meanwhile, in distant New England, problems with a prominent patient at a Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital begin to hint at interconnections that are as hard to imagine as they are horrible. Kay Scarpetta has dealt with many brutal and unusual crimes before, but never a string of them as baffling, or as terrifying, as the ones confronting her now. Before she is through, that book of the dead will contain many names-and the pen may be poised to write in her own. The first name in forensics. The last name in suspense. Once again, Patricia Cornwell proves her exceptional ability to entertain and enthrall.

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