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All That Remains

All That Remains

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: What's missing in all that remains?
Review: A female pathologist, dressed in white overalls and rubber boots and carrying a heavy bag, raises the tape and enters the crime scene. Who is she? Well, she is one of a species of investigators that has become enormously popular in recent years. Writer Patricia Cornwall has depicted her in a highly successful series, calling her Dr Kay Scarpetta. With training in forensic pathology herself, and a string of awards for her books, Miss Cornwall's achievements have elevated her to the top of the queue of authors waiting to be read by this reviewer.

I found much to admire, in this my first Patricia Cornwall book. Plotting and planning have been meticulously done. A disappointing ending - so often the ruination of a good crime novel - has been avoided. The narration is in clean, plain sentences. Cornwall has her forensic pathologist character, Dr Kay Scarpetta, lead the investigation into a series of killings, and her knowledge of the forensic pathology involved is highly impressive.

Reducing my admiration, however, are several deficiencies. I happen to like crime investigation novels that mix some charm, warmth, caprice or eccentricity into the investigative proceedings. Cornwall keeps all these additives locked away in her cupboard. Dr Kay Scarpetta's life is a distinctly feminist, answering machine, laboratory gowned and masked one, at least in this book. Am I looking in the wrong place if I expect wit, warmth, vibrant male-female interaction or spruce dialogue as I follow a forensic pathologist investigating serial killings? As if she were aware of the need for these "cozy" qualities, Patricia Cornwall introduced a niece for Dr Kay Scarpetta in her first book which I am now reading, allowing something like maternalism to soften the otherwise strong feminist atmosphere that pervades "All That Remains".

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of my absolute favorite Scarpettas
Review: A serial killer dubbed by the media as "The Couple Killer" is kidnapping young couples, murdering them and leaving their bodies to decompose where they aren't discovered until Hunting season begins. This is one of my favorite Scarpetta novels. Any positive adjective you can come up with, I used it when I finished this book. I've read this book several times, and it's just as good the third and fourth time as it was the first. Patricia Cornwell once again proves why she is crime fiction's highest selling, most accomplished writer.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of my absolute favorite Scarpettas
Review: A serial killer dubbed by the media as "The Couple Killer" is kidnapping young couples, murdering them and leaving their bodies to decompose where they aren't discovered until Hunting season begins. This is one of my favorite Scarpetta novels. Any positive adjective you can come up with, I used it when I finished this book. I've read this book several times, and it's just as good the third and fourth time as it was the first. Patricia Cornwell once again proves why she is crime fiction's highest selling, most accomplished writer.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Read a good book lately?
Review: All that remains is a definite page turner. Dr.Kay Scarpetta seemed to bite off more then she can chew, in her small town of Richmond, Virginiah where she is top medical examiner. In a wirlwind of conspiracy, friendship and love; Scarpetta must find the truth to a string of murders; one involving a rich, influential woman's daughter. Young couples are being murdered and found dead months later, in a secluded area with no clues as to how they died. All of their vehicles found are found at rest areas, and all that remains with them is a jack of hearts. Can Scarpetta solve these murders, while juggling: Amy her journalist friend, Marino her best friend and partner, Lucy her niece growing up to quickly, and the brief return of Mark, her one true love.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: FANTASTIC - AS GOOD AS I REMEMBER!
Review: Every few years I like to re-read the early Patricia Cornwell novels (luckily, after 6 or 7 years I never quite remember the ending!). This one about a serial killer murdering couples in the Williamsburg/Richmond area of Virginia is one of the very best.

A few days after reading the book, the only problem I have is that I can't quite connect the dots in terms of how the case was solved. Without giving it away, there was one "lucky break" (very lucky) and then perhaps too much luck or coincidence in leading to the perpetrator.

I also have mixed feelings about the character development of the Kay Scarpetta. In this book, in particular, I keep thinking I was getting more information about her personal life and personal vulnerability than I needed.

However, the book is truly gripping and well researched. It gives the bonus of providing a lot of information into forensic science. One of the best medical thrillers I have read.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Yet another good book in the Scarpetta series
Review: I am absolutely hooked on the Kay series. I had never been one to read these types of books, but these keep me reading and buying more of her books.

In this particular book, Kay is trying to solve the "couples mystery" Someone is killing couples and then leaving them somewhere where no one will find them for awhile letting them decompose and making the investigation harder. Along with murder, other things are mixed in with the romance of Benton Wesley who is the married man and in FBI and Kay, then there is Marino which is a great additive to this story.

The forensic part of these books are also detailed very graphically. You would never know what goes on in a morgue otherwise. It makes for very interesting reading. I would definatly recomend it to anyone.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Very good book, really
Review: I dont know what's all the bad rap about this book, as I've seen in a few reviews below. It's a solid Cornwell novel. And please, as much as I love medicine and pathology novels, it's nice to see the Medical examiner snoop around, and do stuff, rather than sit in the lab all day.

I wish the ending was longer, because the whole story was pretty heavy duty. I like to see the whole action unfold even more.

Overall, another great read, dont miss it. Not to give things away, but the murderer isn't caugh on pure luck, as someone said below. All the investigating pays off, and I enjoyed the moment ( at the end) when I figured out who it was.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Very good book, really
Review: I dont know what's all the bad rap about this book, as I've seen in a few reviews below. It's a solid Cornwell novel. And please, as much as I love medicine and pathology novels, it's nice to see the Medical examiner snoop around, and do stuff, rather than sit in the lab all day.

I wish the ending was longer, because the whole story was pretty heavy duty. I like to see the whole action unfold even more.

Overall, another great read, dont miss it. Not to give things away, but the murderer isn't caugh on pure luck, as someone said below. All the investigating pays off, and I enjoyed the moment ( at the end) when I figured out who it was.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Kay Scarpetta is a very interesting character!
Review: I enjoyed this novel and thought it was one of the best books in the series.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: More good Scarpetta
Review: No doubt here that Kay Scarpetta fans will enjoy this book. Patricia Cornwell constructs an enjoyable story here that will keep you turning the pages.


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