Black Notice

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Summary: Weakest in the Series
Review: Conrwell is missing the point. We love the stories and the procedure, not the sentimentality of the players. I'm moving to Vachss; please join me

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Summary: BACK TO HER OLD FORM!
Review: I've been disappointed with her last few books(especially since I mistakenly bought her cookbook) but with this book she brings back all our old friends, and leaves us with some interesting questions for the next book. A very entertaining read.

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Summary: This book was fast paced,thrilling and quite entertaining.
Review: I really enjoyed Black Notice. The characters are still entertaining and quite believable. I am glad Kay was able to overcome her grief about the death of Benton. Jay sounds like her kind of guy. I thought that this book dealt better with the emotional turmoil that each character had about losing Benton and how they reacted about it. The coroners were graphic enough without being to gross or technical. I thought this book was well written and better than her last one.

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Summary: Very Good but Not the Best
Review: I enjoy the Kay Scarpetta character but was disappointed when in the last book Benton was killed off. This book seems somewhat empty without a love interest for Kay and poor Pete Marino - he really needs to get a life already. I was also a little disheartened that the author choose to write the book with so much foul language. Overall though, it was well worth the time in reading and I will continue to look for the ongoing books of Kay Scarpetta.

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Summary: Uneven but still engagin
Review: Like other reviewers, I thought Cornwall spent too much time dwelling on Kay, Marino and Lucy's grief over Benton's death which seems to have made Kay much harder and given to some rather vulgar language that I don't recall her using in other books. The serial killer story and Marino and Kay's conflicts with the new deputy police chief were as fascinating as other Scarpetta novels, and I wish more time had been devoted to that aspect. I hope Cornwall's next Scarpetta book is more up to par with her others.

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Summary: Enjoyable escape with characters we know
Review: I enjoy the continuing character development in the Scarpetta series. Cornwell writes great fiction, evidenced by her books' ability to absorb readers. Some Cornwell regulars have been critical of her works of late, claiming that the characters are depressed, or not developing in the way the reader "wants". I find, however, that her books are great literary fiction, and I thoroughly enjoy allowing myself to be absorbed into the scenes she describes. It is fun to follow Kay, Pete, Lucy and the others as they journey through life. Sure, things may not turn out the way the reader would hope or prefer, but isn't that what good fiction is all about? Pick this one up and enjoy it! I look forward to her next installment in the Scarpetta series.

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Summary: ENTERTAINING
Review: What a grumpy, grouchy bunch of charaters. Beside the fact I found my self in an ill frame of mind, I,as usual, totally enjoyed this Patricia Cornwell book.

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Summary: Bad plot & character development, just plan bad=0 star
Review: I was a fan of Cornwell's very early books but in the last few years I have given up on reading them because of her poor writing. I was influenced to read "Black Notice" because of some very glowing reviews on this web site. Luckily I didn't buy the book but found it at my local library. I read the first 50 pages or so and couldn't believe that anyone would publish a book with such poor plot and character development, poor knowledge of police procedure, and choppy unconnected writing style.Ms Cornwell either needs to take a vacation from writing or her editor needs to edit better.

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Summary: WOULD RECOMMEND ANY OF PATRICIA CORNWELLS BOOKS
Review: However, my MOM loves to read Ms.Cornwells books and she is becoming more and more upset with the foul language. Why can't you continue your great work without all the filthy language????????

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Summary: Compelling and absorbing, as usual.
Review: My enjoyment of BLACK NOTICE was diminished by the possibility that Scarpetta would eventually come face to face with the killer (as she has in all the previous novels). Sure enough, this came to pass. When was the last time you read about an ME confronting a killer. How refreshing had she determined who the killer was and then phoned the police to pick up the culprit. Dull? Boring? Yes..but more realistic.