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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.
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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.
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Summary: She does it so... kindly.
Review: Like all Cornwell's Scarpetta books, this is a little cracker. Well worth the admission price. The story is, as ever, complex. There are twists and turns in Scarpetta's personal and professional life which leave the reader wondering just how strong she has to be... then the character herself breaks down in tears to let you know that even the toughest of Chief Medical Examiners has a beart. Mind you, as these books are written in the first person, Scarpetta never fails to sieze an opportunity that she "kindly" does something. No sooner done than said, eh old girl? A picky thing, but it does irritate me. Nonetheless, I have every Scarpetta book. And I've read them all more than once. Patricia Cornwell is a stylish writer, her heroine is stylish, and by god she wields a Stryker saw superbly. If you like whodunnits, you'll love Scarpetta. But don't read "Southern Cross". It's really, really awful.
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Summary: All That Remains
Review: Powerful, mysterious, suspenseful: these are all words that describe the book "All That Remains." In this book, the main character is the chief medical examiner for the police department. But when she starts finding clues on victims' bodies, she and some of her fellow cops try to figure out a baffling case of a serial killer, but the killer knows that they're on his tail. Patricia D. Cornwell does an excellent job of describing feelings, people, places, crime scenes, everything. Although the plot is great, she does get a little bit graphic when she is explaining what the killer does and what he has done. So I would recommend this book to jr. high school and high school students, and adults. Now it's your turn to try to figure who the killer is. Go read "All That Remains."
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Summary: A Detailed Look Into the Case of a Serial Killer...
Review: Written in first person, I found myself engrossed in this story about a chief medical examiner that is desperately looking for the killer who has left 5 couples dead by rest stops in the past 5 or so years. Dr. Kay Scarpetta becomes almost obsessed with finding this skilled and cold-blooded killing machine that leaves no traces nor a clue to his identity. His victims are all young, teenagers mostly and all good-looking. He drags them all barefoot into an area of secluded woods and kills them methodically. Leaving them facedown and seeming to hold each other's hands in death a 'calling card' is placed somewhere on them to signify he had been there. The Jack of Hearts.
At times creepy, but mostly very intense, the story moves quickly and it's hard to put down. I have never read anything from a medical examiner's point of view and I thought it was excellent. Never were any clues revealed too soon or too late for us the reader to not be shocked or anxious. We felt all the acute frustration she was feeling in trying to dig up clues and evidence when people seemed determined to block her efforts. I felt almost like I was watching from some hidden camera as she went through the cases and tried to piece together information. The revelations were shocking and too horrible to imagine. This killer was cruel and determined to finish what he started, regardless of the FBI and police looking for him.
I also discovered that this character Dr. Kay Scarpetta is also in a few other books by this author (POST MORTEM, CRUEL AND UNUSUAL, BLACK NOTICE, ect)and now I am getting them all, I enjoyed this one so much. I really felt like I was witnessing a real detailed look into a non-fictional case, this author is extremely talented. Tracy Talley~@
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