From Potter's Field

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Summary: Cornwell is amazing...as usual!
Review: Patricia Cornwell consistently offers some of the best fiction available, and THE BODY FARM is no exception. You are enthralled from moment one, spellbound by Kay Scarpetta and the hunt for Gault. It's an incredible thrill ride that you won't want to miss.

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Summary: The BEST of times...the worst of times
Review: Let's get the negative out of the way right away: On the "worst" side, like many, I am weary of Lucy and her neuroses, and VERY weary of Kay's unhealthy (not to mention adulterous) affair with Benton Wesley. A waste of pages, if you ask me. BUT, I appreciate that Kay Scarpetta is not "larger than life," and therefore more believable. On the "BEST" side, I could not put Potter's Field down--literally! It was a one-shot, four-hour read! It would have been a three-hour, and even more gripping read, if the above-mentioned "worse" were removed--are you listening Patricia?--but as an author of suspense/mystery, especially where the details of forensic science are concerned, Cornwell can't be beat!

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Summary: Patricia Cornwell has a good book here.
Review: Dr. Kay Scarpetta is after Gault, and she's going to get him. In this exciting, and yet believable story, Cornwell uses her great characters and reoccuring maniac to tell yet another stunning tale. Good read for all. Jason Bulger

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Summary: What a disappointment!
Review: I expected better than this poorly contrived story of murder and mystery from a well-seasoned author. The plot line lacked substance and the ending was poorly executed. The only reason I continued reading the story was in hopes that it would improve as I read. Boy, was I disappointed.

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Summary: WOW A REAL KNOCKOUT!!!!!!!! GREAT
Review: I must confess this is my first PW and i liked it. I' assure you that im going to read more of her works. This book is a suspense filled roller coaster ride from start to finish. The sub plots were great and kay it's not nice to have affairs with friends husbands. A great suspense filled book.

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Summary: Kudos for Kay...I finally saw her human side!
Review: Patricia Cornwell has finally added that element to Dr. Kay Scarpetta's character that shows her to be a human with emotions, fears, and self-doubt. Dr. Scarpetta leaves her Superwoman cape behind in this novel as she does battle with her long time foe Temple Gault. Temple moves his murderous spree to New York City where he decides that his Christmas gift to the Big Apple (and Kay Scarpetta) will be to leave a dead, bald, unidentified homeless woman in the bowels of Central Park. He then sends messages through CAIN (the very computer system created to catch him) to taunt Kay and the FBI. He does a masterful job at eluding the police and the FBI - even going so far as to kill right under their noses. But even the most masterful of murderers has a weakness, and in this gripping novel light is shed on what, in the end, brings down the house that Temple built

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Summary: adulterous,amoral,atheistic feminist saves the day
Review: Although I enjoy Patricia Cornwell's style and would have loved to read another of her books, I cannot stand the "better-than-thou",militaristic, amoral, atheistic, adulterous lascivious feminism that is being promoted in this book. My mother and sister are feminists and they go to church every week, care for their children and husbands, remain unconditionally faithful to their spouses, carry themselves gently, are very loving and, most importantly, desire equal rights with and not superiority over men.

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Summary: I'm hooked!!
Review: I've just started reading her books. They are absolutely wonderful!! And this is my favorite so far. I'm so glad I've come acrossed her books, I've been looking for a new author to read lately. Her books rival Dean Koontz as my favorites, and that is saying alot. So, I sttrongly recommend this book-great characters!

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Summary: ONE OF HER BEST BOOKS!!
Review: I never wanted this book to end. One of the most gripping books I have ever read. BUT Lucy seems to be getting dumber as she gets older

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Summary: Unsatisfying ending disappoints the reader
Review: The plot develops nicely then ends abruptly with an unsatisfying ending. It seems to the reader as if the author had reached her contractual page limit and slapped an ending onto the book. A superhuman villian was terminated too easily. The method of capture was not adequately developed. Several promising themes were not followed up by the author, especially the entriquing possibility that through genetic testing Gault's uncle may have been his father or the reason for the military being interested in the investigation. The author took one of the least interesting possibilites and handled it in a below average formulaic manner