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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Kay Scarpetta series......fast moving and enjoyable.....but follows similair storyline of past Scarpetta novels...including the attempt on Kays life -- a little formulatic but good (  )KC9333 | Jul 5, 2009 |   I enjoyed this book; just enough mythic element to creep you out a little, but not enough to overdo it. I do not see the downhill slide that others see. Good study in grief. I could have done without the standard attempt on Scarpetta at the end. (  )Darrol | Jun 13, 2009 | Cornwell's a great writer, but this wasn't one of her best. The sheer violence made it hard to read, but it was too good to stop. There is a second book--I think--and I'm looking forward to it in a grim sort of way. The single up-close-and-personal scene with Dr. Kay Scarpetta and a man was too quick and seemed somewhat contrived. Dr. K was on the rebound, but it seemed something of a compromise of her high ethics. (  )chuffman | May 16, 2009 | After reading of Cornwell's books this one fills in some background info on the hairy man. ( )amacmillen | Mar 12, 2009 | Scarpetta/Merino/Lucy investigate murders involving a werewolf-like man. (  )FMRox | Mar 12, 2009 | 0.041 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com Amazon.com Audiobook Review (ISBN 0425175405, Paperback)It's Christmastime in Richmond, Virginia, but no one seems merry--least of all Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, back for her 10th outing as a crime-solving coroner. Actress Kate Reading also returns, reading her third unabridged audio for Patricia Cornwell's death-drenched series. This one finds Scarpetta still recovering from the murder of her lover and in a generally foul mood as an investigation of a badly decomposed body leads her to INTERPOL, and eventually, Paris. Series regulars Police Detective Pete Marino, recently demoted, and niece Lucy are in equally cantankerous states of mind, resulting in more blue language than Cornwell regulars may be used to. Reading proves she's up to the task, maintaining multiple distinct voices and highlighting the occasional humor in the overwhelmingly dark novel. A London-based stage actress, she captivates the listener without careening into melodrama. (Running time: 12.5 hours, 8 cassettes) --Kimberly Heinrichs(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:03 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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