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| Title | : | Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta #1) |
| Author | : | Patricia Daniels Cornwell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 342 pages |
| Published | : | December 30th 2003 by Pocket Books (first published January 9th 1990) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Fiction. Thriller. Mystery Thriller. Suspense. Murder Mystery |
Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Paperback | Pages: 342 pages Rating: 4.02 | 202306 Users | 2775 Reviews
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Four women with nothing in common, united only in death. Four brutalized victims of a brilliant monster - a "Mr. Nobody", moving undetected through a paralyzed city, leaving behind a gruesome trail of carnage . . . but few clues. With skilled hands, an unerring eye, and the latest advances in forensic research, an unrelenting female medical examiner - Kay Scarpetta - is determined to unmask a maniac. But someone is trying to sabotage Kay's investigation from the inside. And worse yet, someone wants her dead . . .
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| Original Title: | Post-Mortem |
| ISBN: | 0743477154 (ISBN13: 9780743477154) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Kay Scarpetta #1 |
| Characters: | Kay Scarpetta, Pete Marino, Lucy Farinelli, Benton Wesley |
| Setting: | Richmond, Virginia(United States) Virginia(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel (1991), Anthony Award for Best First Novel (1991), CWA New Blood Dagger (1990), Edgar Award for Best First Novel (1991), John Creasey Memorial Award (1990) Prix du roman d'aventures (1992) |
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Ratings: 4.02 From 202306 Users | 2775 ReviewsArticle Containing Books Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta #1)
In introducing the reader to Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Cornwell does a masterful job of developing both the character and a back story, while also forging ahead with a novel-based mystery. While the genre is supersaturated with these types of stories nowadays, Cornwell writes in such a way as to rise above the rest (putting aside that the novel came out before the aforementioned overkill). When a string of women are left strangled and murdered, Dr. Scarpett must piece things together and determinePatricia Cornwell's Postmortem was my first foray into the forensic science crime novel. While I am fully capable of reading detailed descriptions of gore and autopsies without getting sick, I was a tad worried that it would get too technical where I'd lose some of the understanding of the medical aspects. While it happens on occasion, the editors and author have done a great job at finding the perfect level of language to keep the words flowing properly most of the time.Scarpetta is a true hero
To start with, I was annoyed I had to read about another serial killer. However, the book is much more than that. I think this is why it is somewhat better than average. The political intrigue and incertainties as well as the characterisation make up for the cliched 'killer chase'. I can see why it became such a huge series.
Completely unmemorable.
My first book from this author, and I'm now convinced that Ms Cornwell reigns supreme as a crime fiction writer. I'm hooked! I'll be reading as much as I can of her works.Her series protagonist, Kay Scarpetta, a forensic pathologist, seems as genuine as they come. The novel's prose is written with a level of sophistication above the norm for the genre, and the technical details are as well researched as the descriptions found in the books by Thomas Harris Logically enough, I started with the
Dr. Scarpetta? Yes? I reached for the lamp and switched it on. It was 2:33am. My heart was drilling through my ribs. Pete Marino here. We got us one at 5602 Berkley Avenue. Think youd better come. And so we meet the divorced, forensically brilliant and professionally troubled forty-something Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta in the wee hours of the morning, as she is called to the fourth grisly crime scene of an unidentified serial killer we soon realise has taken a dangerous
When I'm reading a book and all the while I'm thinking of what to read next, that's not a good sign. When I'm reading a book and I have to constantly fight the urge to put it away, that's not a good sign either. It means that I'm bored and not enjoying the book at all. Unfortunately this is what I felt like while reading Patricia Cornwell's debut novel Postmortem. Having read so many good reviews and received recommendations for this book, this was really an anticlimax for me. I knew that this
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