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Summary: Could not put it down. Loved it.
Review: This is the first story that I have listened to by this author/narrator and it was wonderful. Not only did it give you an eye's view in the world of forensic medicine, it held your gaze toward's the world of Interpol and crooked law enforcement. I recommend it to anyone taking a long trip and wanting entertainment on the road.
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Summary: Another boring entry to the Dr. Kay Scarpetta saga.
Review: The latest Patricia Cornwell entry is totally boring.What little plot there is concerning a killer, or the werewolf, is secondary to the soap opera antics of dear Kay.
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Summary: Patricia Cornwell does it again!
Review: In keeping with the entire Kay Scarpetta series, (Hornet's Nest, although good missed a key ingredient - Kay Scarpetta), I read this book as I have every one of Cornwell's writings - while waiting at red lights, in the bath tub, loading the dishwasher, etc. It was impossible to put down! Patricia Cornwell hits the mark of intrigue, keeps Marino loveable, and picks a great psychodrama mystery. I'm not sure there was any point in going to Europe - that left me a little cold - thus the 4 stars - but I do not vote for the potential replacement of Benton as intimated in Black Notice. Let's give Kay someone up to her par......rebounds are fine, but not this one.Keep Kay active in our lives....I await her new adventure with baited breath!
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Summary: A disappointment
Review: I really love her Scarpetta-books, but this is a true disappointment. Wimsical, sometimes uncomprehensive. And the end are so flat and short that you wonder if you lost the last twenty pages. There's a lot of promising plots that Cornwell starts but she seems too unfocoused to give them a satisfactory solution. And please, Madame Scarpetta, stay in Richmond. The Paris excursion with the "Hunchback from Notre Dame"- theme are a bit too thick for European-audience.
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Summary: Good start ....... weak finish
Review: A good strong start with 'traditional' attention to detail in both setting and characterisation. However I am unsure how many of the Scarpetta novels have now featured the criminal at Kay's doorstep. Move house, change telephone number, get better security ..... develop an original ending? Do something to save this enjoyable character (and another Southern Cross is most definitely not the answer!)
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Summary: Angst ridden
Review: If you like angst-ridden novels in which the whining and crying go on and on forever, this one is for you. While the plot is a fairly decent one, the crying and whining carries on throughout the book: over the loss of Benton; over Lucy; over the loss of a dog; etc. And Marino? Formerly a gruff,but likeable curmudgeon, is now a sarcastic, pessimistic, unlikeable character that can not say two consecutive non-angry, non-swear words. Scarpetta has also increased the prejorative content of her vocabulary. The book is about three-fourths boring. Admittedly, the individual reading the book-on-tape has something to do with how the characters are cast, but the fact remains that about 80% of the angst and self introspection could be deleted without damage to the characters, for an over all improvement to a reasonable and suspense-filled plot. Unless Ms. Cornwall reverses the trend started with "Black Notice," this is the last novel I will read by an author whose next issuance I formerly awaited with great anticipation.
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Summary: My favorite so far...
Review: I really enjoyed this book. Although I do enjoy these books, it is sometimes hard for me to get through them. I had no such problem with this one. I read it from beginning to end and have started again. I seriously related to Kay's, Lucy's and Marino's actions as a result of their grief and, in my opinion, they were very realistic. I also liked the introduction of Jay Talley to the story. I can't wait to see his development in the next book and how he continues to interact with Kay and Marino.
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Summary: Lousy read- can't believe so many people actually liked it.
Review: If this is Patrica Cornwall style I won't be wasting my time on her books. Found it outlandishly dull. Hard to finish and when I did I thought what a waste of time. Give me Grisham, Clancy, Patterson, Clark,Glenn but not Cornwall.
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Summary: not as good as other scarpetta novels
Review: I was slightly dissapointed with this book. There was very little character development, and the plot starts out with a bang then drags out, before it is wrapped up in very few chapters.
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Summary: Don't believe everything you read.
Review: It's always interesting to read the reviews that show up on Amazon. I read most of the reviews of "Hannibal", read the book anyway, and then agreed with the masses that the book was a huge disappointment. In this most recent installment from Cornwell, the opposite is true. I have read all of Cornwell's Scarpetta books and this is the best in a long time. The earlier reviewers seemed to grow cold on "Black Notice", but after the terrible ending to "Point of Origin", this book was great. I like the "edginess" of Marino and Lucy, although it is perplexing how Kay and Lucy keep bumping into each others worlds. And if Marino is being asked for by all of these higher power organizations (Interpol, FBI, etc.) why is he still whining in Richmond? And when is one of these going to be made into a movie? This is the best book that Cornwell has written in a long time. Enjoy it!
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