About this title: When an investigative reporter dies during a nighttime dive at the old Naval shipyard in Norfolk, Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta discovers that in addition to carrying guns and ammunition, he was the victim of foul play. The death opens a door to a network of evil whose scope Dr. Scarpetta never could have imagined.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 01/1996
ISBN-13:9780399141461ISBN:0399141464
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. Previous Owner's Inscription. read more
"The power was out. There was nothing to do and I wanted to escape. What better time to pick up a Patricia Cornwall mystery. A quick engaging read, it carried me through 24 hours with no power and a couple bowls of popcorn and many cups of hot tea."
"I always like Patricia Cornwell (and Scarpetta) and this book didn't disappoint. It was fast paced enough to keep my attention and light enough to provide an escape."
"finally an earlier Scarpetta. Interesting to see the dynamics of Scarpetta, Marino, Lucy's early relationship and roles which have been alluded to in the later books i've read. A good Cornwell book as always but nit the best of her work in my opinion"
"I started reading the Kay Scarpetta books 'cos a friend of mine is addicted to them. I've been really patient and read seven of them but can't fathom what it is she gets out of them.
The plot always moves painfully slowly and the reactions of the protagonists never seems real. The relationships false and strained because nobody will actually talk to each other properly. Any issues is avoided and now says what they really think. And some of the plot twists have been utter garbage.
In this book you have KS stands in for one of her local colleagues who is out of town and is immediately at odds with various police/military none of whom she ever takes to task despite being this fiercely strong and independent woman. She then goes scuba diving, a skill which I don't remember ever being pointed out in the first six books and investigating the death of a local reporter she knows.
Before she's even established it was a murder she's being stalked, had her tires slashed and a local cop hassling her. Where did all this come from? A colleague of her is the murdered and it's all tied in some how.
As the boredom unravels it all turns out that a local religious cult has got into bed with the Libyan's to help them get plutonium to build nuclear weapons. Quite why this is wasn't clearly explained. Anyway, the cult take over a nuclear plant and after their charismatic leader (who you never actually meet) accidently kills himself only KS can enter the plant to save the day. Well, KS and the virtually controlled robot Toto (controlled by KS's niece Lucy). And before you can so much as start to expect an explanation and tying up of the myriad of lose ends the whole thing ends.
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