Unnatural Exposure : A Novel

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Summary: Pretty good quick read. PC's been better and worse.
Review: Up until Unnatural Exposure, there has been a trend towards the unblelievable in PC's Kay Scarpetta books. Early on, her books were straight whodunnit -- in the tradition of Sherlock Holmes. Kay is at her best when she's picking apart fibers, doing autopsies, and doing straight forensic work. And when she's in a good mood. In Unnatural Exposure, Kay was in a bad mood the whole time. She did, however, manage to get back to a bit of what she does best -- being the Medical Examiner. All in all, I was pleased that Unnatural Exposure was better than Cause of Death -- which reeked. But it's still not her best. Before writing her next book, I hope PC goes back and reads Postmortem, Cruel & Unusual, All That Remains, and From Potter's Field. They're vintage Kay Scarpetta and Patricia Cornwell. One last note: I agree. Chuck the Lucy storyline. She's obnoxious.

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Summary: Cornwell does it again
Review: When a headless, limbless torso is discovered in a landfill in Virginia, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta is called in to investigate and is horrified to discover that the person was infected with a smallpox type virus which she herself could have contracted.The murderer contacts Scarpetta via the internet, showing her gory photos of bodies in the process of dismemberment, and going by the name of"deadoc". I guarantee that the readers interest will be held to the end, even if it gets pretty gruesome at times.