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by Patrica Cornwell (Author) "Ten days later ..." (more)
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Very apt title, Dec 31 2007
By Amanda Richards "Modest to the extreme" (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Book Of The Dead (Hardcover)
This fifteenth Kay Scarpetta adventure is unfortunately not one of Cornwell's better books. Relocating to South Carolina and going into private practice has a detrimental effect on the main characters, all of whom become more and more unlikeable as the book progresses.

To be fair, it does have three murders, each involving torture in most ingenious ways, but even this barely registers among the flotsam.

You know you have a problem when the murderer is much more interesting than the good guys, but at least somebody's getting the job done while the others fret, moan, get jealous and either go ballistic or melt down. The story seems to go on forever, the book of the title appearing almost as a secondary thought to facilitate a cool title.

To add to the foregoing, after you work your way through the 387 pages of the hardcover version, the story just stops.

No cliffhanger - it just stops!

..and with that, so will I





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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars NOT ONE OF HER BEST, Dec 12 2007
This review is from: Book Of The Dead (Hardcover)
Her latest is not one of her best. Very confusing and choppy. Story jumps all over the place. Left feeling like I needed to read it again.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible, Dec 13 2007
By Dennis Orr (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews
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Probably not the worst book I've ever read, but surely the worst by a "name" author. Amazingly, on amazon.com over 40% of the people rated this with 5 stars.

I used to love this series. Scarpetta and Marino were characters that I cared about. The last couple of books were disappointing, but this one was close to being unreadable. After wading through 400 pages the "climax" takes less than a paragraph. It doesn't even make much sense, almost like it was thrown in because she knew the book had to end.

Cornwell leaves loose ends involving some of the major characters. I assume she thought this would be the only way to keep her loyal readers interested in this dreck.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Book of the Dead
A well written mystery by a knowledgeable writer can be a great delight. This one is a very good example;

Patricia Cornwells Kay Scarpetta books are legion. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Susan Ricketts

1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing
The last three books by Patricia Cornwell have been slowly getting more disappointing but this one is the worst. Read more
Published 11 months ago by voraciousreader

3.0 out of 5 stars I actually found some things to like in Cornwell's newest Scarpetta novel
Well, here we are at the 15th of the Kay Scarpetta Mysteries written by Patricia Cornwell, and it is rather amazing how many people are still reading the books and bitterly... Read more
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