The Scarpetta Factor
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'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The Times
It is the week before Christmas. The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of dramatic and unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr, who has vanished and is presumed dead. Moments later during the same broadcast, she receives a startling call-in from a former psychiatric patient of Benton Wesley's.
When she returns after the show to the apartment where she and Benton live, she finds a suspicious package - possibly a bomb - waiting for her at the front desk. Soon the apparent threat on Scarpetta's life finds her embroiled in a deadly plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionairess with whom Scarpetta's niece Lucy seems to have shared a secret past . . .
The next book in the Scarpetta series is Port Mortuary. And the brand-new instalment, Sharp Force, is available now!
DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT SHAPED THE WORLD OF CRIME FICTION
'One of the best crime writers writing today' Guardian
'Devilishly clever' Sunday Times
'The top gun in this field' Daily Telegraph
'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' Mirror
'The Agatha Christie of the DNA age' Express
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/reads a book in a day because *guestures wildly at 2020* EVERYTHING IS BAD BUT BOOKS ARE NOT But seriously: this was my first (re)read of a Scarpetta book in a hot minute, and even longer since I first read The Scarpetta Factor so there were a lot of things I didn't remember about the book. I was relieved, though, to find that my live for this series and the characters hasn't gone away. I was worried that the clinical way that Cornwell writes these books wouldn't be satisfying for me anymore; at times even now it can be exhausting. But in a weird way it's sort of a comfort coming back to an author whose writing you're familiar with, and that was true with this book. I was also very excited about the reappearance of one of my favorite characters, the deformed and sadistic Jean-Claude. Also the plot was something I loved too: the drama of Kay going on air and being deceived, the mystery with two murdered women, and Benton's ongoing drama with the psychologist. It still always amazes me when I'm reading that i forget that the book takes place in just a few days instead of a longer period of time. This book was a great way to get back into the series after my long hiatus away from it, and I'm eager to do more re-reading.
Description
'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The Times
It is the week before Christmas. The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of dramatic and unsettling events. She is asked live on the air about the sensational case of Hannah Starr, who has vanished and is presumed dead. Moments later during the same broadcast, she receives a startling call-in from a former psychiatric patient of Benton Wesley's.
When she returns after the show to the apartment where she and Benton live, she finds a suspicious package - possibly a bomb - waiting for her at the front desk. Soon the apparent threat on Scarpetta's life finds her embroiled in a deadly plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionairess with whom Scarpetta's niece Lucy seems to have shared a secret past . . .
The next book in the Scarpetta series is Port Mortuary. And the brand-new instalment, Sharp Force, is available now!
DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT SHAPED THE WORLD OF CRIME FICTION
'One of the best crime writers writing today' Guardian
'Devilishly clever' Sunday Times
'The top gun in this field' Daily Telegraph
'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' Mirror
'The Agatha Christie of the DNA age' Express
Book Information
Posts
/reads a book in a day because *guestures wildly at 2020* EVERYTHING IS BAD BUT BOOKS ARE NOT But seriously: this was my first (re)read of a Scarpetta book in a hot minute, and even longer since I first read The Scarpetta Factor so there were a lot of things I didn't remember about the book. I was relieved, though, to find that my live for this series and the characters hasn't gone away. I was worried that the clinical way that Cornwell writes these books wouldn't be satisfying for me anymore; at times even now it can be exhausting. But in a weird way it's sort of a comfort coming back to an author whose writing you're familiar with, and that was true with this book. I was also very excited about the reappearance of one of my favorite characters, the deformed and sadistic Jean-Claude. Also the plot was something I loved too: the drama of Kay going on air and being deceived, the mystery with two murdered women, and Benton's ongoing drama with the psychologist. It still always amazes me when I'm reading that i forget that the book takes place in just a few days instead of a longer period of time. This book was a great way to get back into the series after my long hiatus away from it, and I'm eager to do more re-reading.