- Hardcover: 1 pages
- Publisher: GP Putnam And Sons; First Edition edition (July 1 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0399142851
- ISBN-13: 978-0399142857
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (229 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #259,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Product Description
From Amazon
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
From Library Journal
Kay Scarpetta grapples with a serial killer who contacts her via the Internet in this latest from crime novelist Cornwell, who is involved in some headline-making scandal of her own: In a recent trial, she was named as the former lover of a woman whose husband attempted to murder her in a rage over the affair.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence
Night fell clean and cold in Dublin, and wind moaned beyond my room as if a million pipes played the air. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Night fell clean and cold in Dublin, and wind moaned beyond my room as if a million pipes played the air. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most helpful customer reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cornwell does it again,
By A Customer
This review is from: Unnatural Exposure (Paperback)
as always cornwell has not failed her fans!! this excellent book has the trademark descriptions and characters in it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful Cornwell Again!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Unnatural Exposure (Paperback)
Loved the book!! I've read most of the Kay Scarpetta series books and have enjoyed each one. This one was unique in it's subject and style. If you love a good mystery, Patricia Cornwell can write them and you won't be disappointed!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but not my favorite,
By Patty Philbrook (Stratham, NH United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Unnatural Exposure (Paperback)
This story is a good read, but I'll admit I enjoyed the others better. Still, if you're a Kay Scarpetta fan, you'll want to include this in your reading of the series.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Want to see more reviews on this item?
|
Most recent customer reviews |
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
