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Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10042521625X
ISBN-139780425216255
eBay Product ID (ePID)16038292048
Product Key Features
Book TitleBook of the Dead
Number of Pages528 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicThrillers / Crime, Thrillers / General, Thrillers / Suspense, Medical, Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
Publication Year2008
GenreFiction
AuthorPatricia Cornwell
Book SeriesScarpetta Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length7.5 in
Item Width4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsPraise for Book of the Dead "Cornwell overhauls key elements of this successful series...she has shaken things up a bit and produced one terrific new character."-- The New York Times Book Review "Ms. Cornwell admits to being proud of Book of the Dead and she should be."--Midwest Book Review "Compelling."-- Richmond Times Dispatch "What a walloping, riveting mix of...adventure and psychology. Author Cornwell certainly is skilled at dissecting the not always attractive innards of human nature."-- Forbes
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Series Volume Number15
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Grade ToUP
SynopsisDr. Kay Scarpetta is starting over with a unique private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina. But in this thrilling #1 New York Times bestseller, her fresh start ushers in a string of murders more baffling--and terrifying--than any that have come before... The Book of the Dead is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to acquire a new meaning. A sixteen-year-old tennis star, fresh from a tournament win Charleston, is found nude and mutilated near Piazza Navona in Rome. The body of an abused young boy is dumped in a desolate marsh. A woman is ritualistically murdered in her multimillion-dollar beach home. Meanwhile, in New England, problems with a prominent patient at a Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital begin to hint at interconnections among the deaths that are as hard to imagine as they are horrible. Scarpetta has dealt with many brutal and unusual crimes before, but never has she seen a string of death like what she's facing now. Before she is through, that book of the dead will contain many names--and the pen may be poised to write her own..., SOON TO BE AN ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN AND JAMIE LEE CURTIS Dr. Kay Scarpetta is starting over with a unique private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina. But in this thrilling #1 New York Times bestseller, her fresh start ushers in a string of murders more baffling--and terrifying--than any that have come before... The Book of the Dead is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to acquire a new meaning. A sixteen-year-old tennis star, fresh from a tournament win Charleston, is found nude and mutilated near Piazza Navona in Rome. The body of an abused young boy is dumped in a desolate marsh. A woman is ritualistically murdered in her multimillion-dollar beach home. Meanwhile, in New England, problems with a prominent patient at a Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital begin to hint at interconnections among the deaths that are as hard to imagine as they are horrible. Scarpetta has dealt with many brutal and unusual crimes before, but never has she seen a string of death like what she's facing now. Before she is through, that book of the dead will contain many names--and the pen may be poised to write her own...
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- Nov 23, 2020
Great book
She never fails to keep me reading. It's almost impossible to guess the outcome. Love it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Feb 14, 2018
Not Cornwell's best book
Written like a remake of Dragnet. The ending was extremely weak and disappointing.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
