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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100425243605

ISBN-139780425243602

eBay Product ID (ePID)102907043

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Book TitlePort Mortuary : Scarpetta (Book 18)

Number of Pages512 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicThrillers / Crime, Thrillers / Suspense, Thrillers / General, Legal, Medical, Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Thrillers / Terrorism

Publication Year2011

GenreFiction

AuthorPatricia Cornwell

Book SeriesScarpetta Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight10.8 Oz

Item Length7.4 in

Item Width4.3 in

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ReviewsPraise for Patricia Cornwell and the Scarpetta series: "Cornwell brings [compulsive murderers] to full, frightening life." -- The New York Times Book Review "Cornwell remains the master of incorporating real-life science into pulse-pounding fiction." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "Cornwell has created a character so real, so compelling, so driven that this reader has to remind herself regularly that Scarpetta is just a product of an author's imagination." -- USA Today "Cornwell certainly is skilled at dissecting the not always attractive innards of human nature." -- Forbes

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Series Volume Number18

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisThe world's bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell presents an extraordinary novel in which Kay Scarpetta is confronted with a case that could ruin her professionally-and personally., Scarpetta , an all-new Original Series, is coming soon to Prime Video! Enter the chilling and captivating world of Dr. Kay Scarpetta before Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis bring the mystery to life onscreen. "The new audience will be compelled by the characters, crimes, and mysteries that are the trifecta of Patricia's masterful storytelling... and a warning......there WILL be BLOOD." - Jamie Lee Curtis #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - More than twenty years into her career, Kay Scarpetta is confronted with a case that could ruin her professionally--and personally . . . Kay Scarpetta's secret military ties have drawn her to Dover Air Force Base and Port Mortuary, where she's performing autopsies on fallen soldiers. But her new headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts--the Cambridge Forensic Center--is the first civilian facility in the U.S. to do virtual autopsies, and it is there that she encounters a devastating event. A young man has died, apparently from a cardiac arrhythmia, eerily close to Scarpetta's new Cambridge home. But when his body is examined the next morning, there are stunning indications that he may have been alive when he was zipped inside a pouch and locked inside the Center's cooler. Various 3-D radiology scans reveal more shocking details about internal injuries unlike any Scarpetta has ever seen--details that suggest the possibility of a conspiracy to cause mass casualties. With Benton, Marino, and Lucy at her side, Scarpetta must fight a cunning, cruel--and invisible--enemy in a race against time. . . ., Scarpetta , an all-new Original Series, is coming soon to Prime Video! Enter the chilling and captivating world of Dr. Kay Scarpetta before Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis bring the mystery to life onscreen. "The new audience will be compelled by the characters, crimes, and mysteries that are the trifecta of Patricia's masterful storytelling... and a warning......there WILL be BLOOD." - Jamie Lee Curtis #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * More than twenty years into her career, Kay Scarpetta is confronted with a case that could ruin her professionally--and personally . . . Kay Scarpetta's secret military ties have drawn her to Dover Air Force Base and Port Mortuary, where she's performing autopsies on fallen soldiers. But her new headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts--the Cambridge Forensic Center--is the first civilian facility in the U.S. to do virtual autopsies, and it is there that she encounters a devastating event. A young man has died, apparently from a cardiac arrhythmia, eerily close to Scarpetta's new Cambridge home. But when his body is examined the next morning, there are stunning indications that he may have been alive when he was zipped inside a pouch and locked inside the Center's cooler. Various 3-D radiology scans reveal more shocking details about internal injuries unlike any Scarpetta has ever seen--details that suggest the possibility of a conspiracy to cause mass casualties. With Benton, Marino, and Lucy at her side, Scarpetta must fight a cunning, cruel--and invisible--enemy in a race against time. . . .

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by swkkmgd
Jun 16, 2020
Great place to acquire Patricia Cornwall books
Just love Patricia Cornwall’s Kay Scarpetta novels. Here is the place to get them, much cheaper than kindle, and you have an actual book in your hand.
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by roberstefani-0
Jun 02, 2017
Great story
Another page-turner with Kay Scarpetta as the "Sherlock Holmes" of forensic pathology. Patricia Cornwell kept me on the edge of my seat as I waited for the next twist in the plot.
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by ce9qpgvitu6@deleted
Aug 03, 2020
Keeps me guessing
Always like the books about Kay Scarpetta
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