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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Bodies found in landfills, dismembered by forensic saws, Smallpox virus, all combine to make this a good read. (  ) audryh | Nov 25, 2009 |  Super-Spannung!: Patricia Cornwell schreibt die perfekten Krimis. In "Der Keim des Verderbens" werden Leichen ohne Kopf, Arme oder Beine gefunden. Sie sind von einem gefährlichen Virus verseucht. Und schon stürzen sich auch die Medien auf den Fall, während der Killer über E-Mail mit Kay Scarpetta Kontakt aufnimmt und ihr Photos der zerstückelten Leiche schickt... Ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit beginnt... Man merkt, dass Patricia Cornwell ihr Metier versteht, sie war Gerichtsreporterin und hat in der forensischen Medizin gearbeitet und beides verbindet sie in ihren Büchern perfekt zu einer Symbiose. Jedes Buch ein Knüller! r1hard | Nov 22, 2009 | 2000  katiemertz | Nov 20, 2009 | I’m just not sure what to think about this series. I like forensics angle, and the mystery, but these later books are just so bogged down in the sturm und drang of Kay’s life. Oh, the malaise! Kay Scarpetta has the angst of your average 15 year old girl, and it’s starting to get in the way. The story here is interesting and does make you wonder about what would have to happen if a disease such as smallpox were to be used as a weapon, and the final confrontation was good, but I found the "who" in the "whodunnit" rather unsatisfying. Part of what makes a mystery satisfying is the discovery of whether or not you are right in your suspicions, but in this book there really was no way to figure it out ahead of time. Yet, I keep reading them. ( ) miyurose | Aug 13, 2009 | Good whyteb | Jun 24, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0425163407, Paperback)Virginia Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has a bloody puzzle on her hands: five headless, limbless cadavers in Ireland, plus four similar victims in a landfill back home. Is a serial butcher loose in Virginia? That's what the panicked public thinks, thanks to a local TV reporter who got the leaked news from her boyfriend, Scarpetta's vile rival, Investigator Percy Ring. But the butchered bodies are so many red herrings intended to throw idiots like Ring off the track. Instead of a run-of-the-mill serial killer, we're dealing with a shadowy figure who has plans involving mutant smallpox, mass murder, and messing with Scarpetta's mind by e-mailing her gory photos of the murder scenes, along with cryptic AOL chat-room messages. The coolest innovation: Scarpetta's gorgeous genius niece, Lucy, equips her with a DataGlove and a VPL Eyephone, and she takes a creepy virtual tour of the e-mailed crime scene.Unnatural Exposure boasts brisk storytelling, crackling dialogue, evocative prose about forensic-science sleuthing, and crisp character sketches, both of familiar characters like Scarpetta's gruff partner Pete Marino and bit players like the landfill employee falsely accused by Ring. Plus, let's face it: serial killers are old hat. Cornwell's most vivid villains are highly plausible backstabbing colleagues like Ring, who plots to destroy Lucy's FBI career by outing her as a lesbian. Some readers object to the rather abrupt ending, but, hey, it's less jarring than Hannibal's, and it's the logical culmination of Cornwell's philosophy about human nature. To illuminate the novel's finale, read Cornwell's remarks on paranoia in her Amazon.com interview. --Tim Appelo (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:56 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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