Patricia Cornwell
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| Original Title: | Body of Evidence |
| ISBN: | 0743493915 (ISBN13: 9780743493918) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Kay Scarpetta #2 |
| Characters: | Kay Scarpetta, Pete Marino, Mark James, Benton Wesley, Beryl Madison, Cary Harper, Sterling Harper, Al Hunt |
| Setting: | Richmond, Virginia(United States) Virginia(United States) |
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After months of menacing phone calls and feeling that her every move is being watched, successful writer Beryl Madison flees Key West when a terrifying message is scratched on her car. But the very night she returns to Richmond, she deactivates her burglar alarm and opens her door to someone who nearly decapitates her. Why did she let him in, wonders Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta? And, why is Beryl's latest manuscript missing? Persuing the answers involves Scarpetta in the murder of another writer - Beryl's jealous mentor. While she copes with a variety of personal and professional problems, Scarpetta's high-tech forensic skills enable her to collect a body of evidence - clues that would mean little without her intelligence, compassion, and imagination - that leads her directly into a nightmare all her own.Specify About Books Body of Evidence (Kay Scarpetta #2)
| Title | : | Body of Evidence (Kay Scarpetta #2) |
| Author | : | Patricia Cornwell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 403 pages |
| Published | : | November 30th 2004 by Pocket Books (first published February 5th 1991) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Fiction. Thriller. Mystery Thriller. Suspense. Murder Mystery |
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Ratings: 4.02 From 62964 Users | 1193 ReviewsCrit About Books Body of Evidence (Kay Scarpetta #2)
As a standalone, this book rates 5 stars. As number 2 in the series, it gets only 3WARNING - SPOILERS AHEADI've already read the first book in the series, Post Mortem, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I found Kay Scarpetta a realistic, sober, and intelligent protagonist, and the forensic pathology parts are fascinating. However, reading this one, (book 2 in the Kay Scarpetta series) I found it so similar to the first book in plot structure, that its formulaic construction is all too obvious,Author, Beryl Madison flees Key West when a terrifying message is scratched on her car.Kay Scarpetta pursues the case of, "Who murdered Beryl Madison and why."What a great series. The action is exciting, the plot is moving, and the characters are intriguing. Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta is a likable character. Her high-tech forensic skills enable her to collect a body of evidence.Even though Beryl is murdered, her life lives on. During the investigation, it's like she's there. I
Cornwell brings Dr. Kay Scarpetta back in the critically acclaimed series to test her wiles in a new and disturbing manner. When a murdered author is found in her home, investigators are left with little to know insight, which bothers Scarpetta almost as much as the slaying itself. Questions grow exponentially while answers remain deftly hidden behind layers of the victims past. Scarpetta and the police being piecing things together, discovering a deeper back story related to her current piece
3 StarsI don't know whether it's the writing itself or the time when it was written (early 90s), but Kay Scarpetta is one silly broad, who constantly makes choices that had me scratching my head in confusion (and frustration). For a character that is so beloved I can't quite find the appeal (yet). And her detective friend (?), Marino, is wholly unlikable, with his gruff, assholish demeanour, and his constant prejudice slurs and harsh judgements of nearly everyone he comes into contact with who
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Number 2 in the Dr Scarpetta series. This mystery takes place over a twenty years, or so, period. At first it sees simple. A young woman's body is found mutilated and the murder is investigated. But as more mutilated bodies keep turning up it soon becomes obvious that thing are not as simple as first thought. To get to the truth Kay and her sidekick, Lt Marino, need to find out what happened almost twenty years ago.As you read it's hard to imagine how the past and the present will come together
3.5 stars. Not nearly as good as the first in the series, but I know this series gets better. I don't think I ever read this one, though. There were some interesting twists in this, definitely not what I would have guessed. A solid entry in the series, but without the crackle of the first, Postmortem. I'll definitely continue with the series.
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