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Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta)


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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425216255
Edition: Reprint
ISBN: 042521625X
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: September 02, 2008
Publisher: Berkley
Studio: Berkley




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Product Description:
Kay Scarpetta is starting over with a unique private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina. And the death of a sixteen-year-old tennis star will usher in a string of murders more baffling—and terrifying—than any that have come before.



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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - The victim is the only 'winner'
Normally I find an author and read absolutely everything they've written.
However, I have found that Ms. Cornwell's writing has become increasingly depressing, and at an alarming rate.
With each new book, Ms. Cornwell has managed to drag every character, however peripheral, in Kay Scarpetta's infintesimal world further into a dysfunctional black hole. Each and every character should be on a ledge by now.
At least the victim is lucky enough to be tortured and killed off early in ... Read More



Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Who wrote this book?
This book is very different from older Cornwell novels. She normally writes a first person, past tense narrative. This is written in an unusual third person, present tense. The characters in Book of the Dead are absolutely cartoonish in behavior and dialogue, unlike the more rational characters in previous books. I find it difficult to believe this is the same author. If this were my first Scarpetta Mystery, I would not read another.



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Should be called Beating a Dead Horse
I really wanted to give this book zero stars but they won't let you do that...

In looking back over the list of Scarpetta books, a series I fell in love with long ago, I find it difficult to remember the last one I enjoyed. The characters have no redeeming qualities anymore and are completely unlikeable.

I think it's sort of silly to continue coming back to them when this obviously is not going to change so I'll make this my last Scarpetta read. Cornwell would be better ... Read More



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - This is the work of an awarding-winning author?
I too have never submitted a review but after discovering how bad it is I felt I just had to add my impression of this piece of work.

I agree with many of the complaints express on this site by other readers. I find it very choppy to the point of being frustrating with a rambling, poorly defined storyline. Cornwell just drops readers into conversations and situations with no set up at all. It is actually disorienting ...like when you walk in the middle of a conversation or event in ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - the more i read the more i wanted to know what next.......
Very interesting book. I never read any of her books before but this was definitely a book to read. The more i read the more i wanted to know what was going to happen next. Just great. You will not be dissapointed with this book.




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