About this title: Kay Scarpetta faces a string of the most baffling and terrifying crimes of her career, in Cornwell's extraordinary #1 "New York Times" bestseller. The "book of the dead" is the morgue log in which all cases are entered by hand. For Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning. Available in a tall Premium Edition.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 11/2007
ISBN-13:9780399153938ISBN:0399153934
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 416 p. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very light edge and corner wear. No marks. Tight, square book. Glued binding. 511 p. Kay Scarpetta Mysteries (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very slight edgewear. Reasing crease on front cover, no spine creases. Pages unmarked, bright and tight. Glued binding. 511 p. Kay Scarpetta Mysteries (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good. 042521625X This mass market paperback book is in REAL GOOD SHAPE! ! FIRST EDITION! Full number line is 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1! Some creasing of the spine and minor signs of wear from reading--nothing major! SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a book that looks a wrinkle or two away from near new! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Group
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780399153938ISBN:0399153934
Description: Very Good. Copyright@2007. hardback book with dust jacket. book has spine creased. dust jacket has one inch tear on the front. bottom end spine bump. read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Solid book with clean pgs, book shows almost no shelf, edge & corner wear, some rubbing of spine edges, curling of front & back cover. Glued binding. 511 p. Kay Scarpetta Mysteries (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good. 042521625X Mass market paperback, previously read used book in very good condition, may have slight worn corners and varying degre..._ read more
Description: Fine. 042521625X Mass market paperback, previously read used book in like new condition, some very minor shelf wear, no rips or tears. _ read more
Description: Very Good. 042521625X Mass market paperback, previously read used book in very good condition, may have slight worn corners and varying degre..._ read more
Description: Fine. 042521625X Mass market paperback, previously read used book in like new condition, some very minor shelf wear, no rips or tears. 02..._ read more
Description: Good. 042521625X Mass market paperback, previously read used book in good condition, varying degrees of shelf wear, some spine creases, m..._ read more
Description: Fine. 042521625X Mass market paperback, previously read used book in like new condition, some very minor shelf wear, no rips or tears. _ read more
"This novel was long, but fast paced. If you like a lot of detail and forensic information then this book is for you. I had a problem keeping up with all the characters though. The ending was good, and finally brought the characters together. It?s a very good and imaginative mystery with a twisted ending and worth reading."
"Personal disasters are given equal prominence with the horrific serial murder case that Kay and company are attacking, a complex, multi-tentacled situation that involves celebrities, the military, and long-buried family secrets. Cornwell made the choice to emphasize character over plot, and while her characters are indeed vivid, the plot suffers from fragmentation and reliance upon a set of implausible linkages. Still, the murders are compelling, and this is a story worth finishing."
"This is one of the worst books I've ever suffered through. Rich finally asked me why I was still reading it after i exclaimed aloud for the umpteenth time about how awful it was, and all I could do to explain was talk about how much I enjoyed the early books she wrote and how I couldn't believe how it kept getting worse and I had to see how it panned out. Awful. The early ones really were fun, technically interesting, interesting characters, decently written (never anything amazing), thrilling and generally pleasant little reads. The last one of hers that I read about 4-5 years ago was not up to the standard of the others I'd remembered (and bizarrely had changed from first person in the first dozen or so books to the third person), but when I found this one on a free book pile I thought I'd give it another chance. What a mistake - the characters didn't make any sense, most of them displayed bizarre behavior, dialogs were choppy, nonsensical and at times pathological. As I read I kept thinking about how many cardinal signs of mental illness were present in different elements of the book - rampant paranoia by some characters, weird fixations, hypersexualization, hugely disordered thinking. It was so bad it was almost fascinating to keep reading it. A little research on the author reveals that she does indeed have some mental health issues of her own which makes things make a little more sense. How could her publisher have let this go to press without substantial editing? I'm glad I didn't spend any money on this book or I would have felt cheated, as it is the few hours of time I spent reading it were a sad loss."
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