The Scarpetta Factor (A Scarpetta Novel)
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (874 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143145479 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 131 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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As the intrigue unfolds, the past is no longer past, and she is soon faced with an old nemesis who threatens to be her final undoing.Patterson: This book is set in New York again—what do you like about the Big City? What don't you like? Cornwell: Certainly New York City is the ultimate Big City. What would you say you have in common with Kay Scarpetta? Cornwell: Scarpetta and I share the same values and sensibilities. The first films (Lifetime movies of At Risk and The Front, which are non-Scarpetta novellas) air this spring. I don't have her emotional discipline or inhibitions, nor do I have her professional dazzle. Patterson: Bonus question: How do you feel about the Hollywood adaptations of your work? Don't be afraid&mdas
Unabridged CDs, 11 CDs, 12 hours Read by Kate Reading From the world's #1 bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary new Kay Scarpetta novel. Dr. Kay Scarpetta—despite her busy schedule and continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN—offers her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The Scarpetta Factor, the seventeenth in the series, finds the familiar cast of characters together again in New York. Marino is working for the NYPD; Benton Wesley uses his forensic psychological expertise at Kirby and Bellevue; and Lucy continues to dazzle with her expertise in forensic computer investigations as she works yet another case with NY prosecutor Jaime Berger. Throughout, Cornwell delivers shocking twists and turns, and the kind of cutting-edge technology that only she can. Once again she proves her exceptional ability to entertain and enthrall.
A complex book I enjoyed the early books, but old age kept me from the book store for a few years so I am catching up on my Kindle. I liked the story line, but I spent so much time reading things not in (it seemed to me) the story. So many characters that were not part of the story, or were giving so much more space than they needed. I suspect they might have been in a previous story I missed. Will try another Scarpetta book soon.. Mary A. DeSimone said Not as good as some of the others. I'm a big Kay Scarpetta fan and read all the books in order. I just started Port Mortuary. I felt the Scarpetta Factor was hard to follow and not as exciting as some of the others in the series. The characters just didn't seem real and they seemed to change personalities over and over. I almost gave up reading it, but stuck it out. Marino's character was "out of character" from the other books as well, while Lucy's character was all over the place, almost depressing at times. I found the story hard to follow, and had to go back re-read a chapt. "Better But Not Best" according to Ivy P.. I agree with the other reviewers that this book is better than what I've come to expect from Cornwell. In fact, I too had decided not to buy any more of her books but, each time she comes out with a new Scarpetta, I just can't help myself!This one is better than the last few. But at the end I found myself dangling. More specifically, without revealing too much of the story, in the first part of the book, a great deal of time is spent developing story lines for two characters, a CNN talk show host, Hannah Starr, and an old nemesis of Benton's,