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From Potter's Field (Hardcover)

by Patricia Cornwell (Author)

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Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown; New edition edition (Oct 2 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316914142
ISBN-13: 978-0316914147
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.5 x 3.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 590 g

Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (113 customer reviews)

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Upon examining a dead woman found in snowbound Central Park, Kay Scarpetta immediately recognizes the grisly work of Temple Gault, a bold and brilliant killer from her past. Now she must hunt down a psychopath whose string of horrible murders is leading inexorably to his ultimate prey: Scarpetta herself. Even with the help of the FBI, Scarpetta knows the endgame is hers alone to play -- and it will be played on Gault's home turf, the subway tunnels beneath New York City. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta plays a tense cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer, an old enemy, in her sixth outing (following The Body Farm), and he has her badly rattled. The story begins as a rotten Christmas for Scarpetta: Temple Gault has struck again, leaving a naked, apparently homeless girl shot in Central Park on Christmas Eve; Scarpetta, as the FBI's consulting pathologist, is called in. Later, a transit cop is found shot in a subway tunnel, and, back home in Richmond, Va., the body of a crooked local sheriff is delivered to Scarpetta's own morgue by the elusive, brilliant Gault. The normally unflappable Scarpetta finds herself hyperventilating and nearly shooting her own niece. In the end, some ingenious forensic detective work and a visit to the killer's agonized family set up a high-tech climax back in the New York subway, which Gault treats as the Phantom of the Opera did the sewers of Paris. There's something faintly unconvincing about Gault (in a competitive field, it's tough to create a really horrific serial killer), and Scarpetta, stuck with her own family troubles and involved in a rather glum affair with a colleague, seems to be running low on energy. Still, this is a compelling, fast-moving tale, written in a highly compressed style, and only readers who know that Cornwell can do better are likely to complain. Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club and Mystery Guild selections.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not that great!, Feb 23 2006

By	M. E. G. "newfoundlander_57" (Newfoundland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From Potters Field (Paperback)

Compared to other authors in the same genre, I found this book to be slow moving, boring, and never getting my attention enough to even want to finish it. Compared say with Tami Hoag's Ashes to Ashes, this book was shallow and lack lustre. I find the character to be a snob and quite vain. Perhaps for some but not a book I would recommend.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, but one major quibble., Jul 12 2004

By	pierresc (Birmingham, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From Potters Field (Paperback)

I listened to the tape version, which is pretty good for getting you to the beach, etc. There is a strong narrative drive that carries you along. However, having the text read to you highlights some of the lack of "tightness" that good editing could have fixed. Also, please don't TELL us that Gault is the worst murderer of the century, SHOW us. Prove it! My personal quibble is that when our heroine is talking with a woman's father and he asks if his daughter is dead, Kay answers with a flat yes, when at most she's got a hunch as to the identity of the dead woman. This is inconceivable for a forensic pathologist whose specialty is not only what she knows, but what she can prove. I'd probably listen to another Scarpetta book on tape, if I got it from the library.

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5.0 out of 5 stars From Potter's field, buried with no name, April 7 2004

By	Pascal (Burbank, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From Potters Field (Paperback)

Christmas is always a notoriously bad time for Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia and consulting forensic pathologist for the FBI. When Temple Gault, a cunning serial killer whose killing spree began in Richmond several years earlier, resurfaces in New York with the murder of a female transient left in frozen Central Park, Scarpetta jumps head first into the investigation. The identity of the homeless woman becomes top priority, and when it is discovered who she is, the investigation is spun into a radical new direction. Meanwhile, Gault has set his sights on Scarpetta herself...leading to one final, terrifying encounter in the fetid tunnels below the city.
A fascinating book with wonderful characterization, grisly accuracy and a high-voltage, suspensful ending. The Scarpetta series is the best! When it comes to crime fiction, no one does it better than Cornwell.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, scary read
This is my favorite Cornwell story and it will leave you a little spooked. This was my first exposure to this author which lead me to many of her other books. Read more

Published on Mar 29 2004 by Patty Philbrook

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific again!! Keep them coming!!
I've read all of the Kay Scarpetta books up to this one and I was so glad the villian was foiled!! I love these books!! I recommend them to anyone enjoying mystery series books!

Published on Feb 10 2004 by T. J. Robins

4.0 out of 5 stars Do we Finally See the End of Temple Gault?
I read a lot of the reveiws, and I don't agree with quite a few of them. I thought this book was pretty good, and exciting. Read more

Published on Oct 20 2003 by S. Schwartz

3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Feelings
Like the reviewer from Nova Scotia, this was my first Patricia Cornwell novel. I found myself liking the characters, especially Kay Scarpetta, and the plot's good, as is the... Read more

Published on Oct 5 2003 by William Tegner