Black Notice (CD)
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (855 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1405502711 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 338 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
after losing the love of her life Linda Murphy on Called to one of the most horrific crime scenes ever, Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta, tried to hold it together as she surveyed her surroundings. Not only was her personal life in total shambles after recently losing the love of her life, Benton Wesley but her professional life was waivering also. Although she didn't know it, but her next case and the crime scene before her would change everything, regarding herself and others close to her. En. "Disappointed in Pittsburgh" according to ruth jurcic. I very much enjoyed this book and I have read most of the Scarpetta novel as by Patricia Cornwell. Generally I am completely satisfied with them but this time I was very disappointed with the ending it just kinda cuts off and left me hanging with a feeling that there should've been more to it. I had so many unanswered questions for instance do Lucy and Jo end up getting into trouble with the ATF or does the family of the werewolf try to avenge his death. Absolutely Dreadful Christopher Farrell OK, so the "Black Notice" of the title is a dead body that shows up in the first couple of chapters. By page 150 they still haven't even finished the autopsy. The plot is buried in layers of irrelevant and tedious detail presented with a tortured writing style.If that weren't bad enough, the majority of the first half of the book is dedicated not to this intruiging story line, but - and I'm not kidding here - to a burocratic power struggle amongst egoti
As winter grips Richmond, Virginia, an air of somberness pervades chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta's world. The postmortem is in--Black Notice, the 10th in Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta series, is a gore-splattered, intensely exciting read. Meanwhile, back at the office, someone has tinkered with the e-mail system, stealing Kay's identity, and sending off slanderous and hurtful messages. This macabre tome is the stuff that classic Scarpetta tales are made of: creepy but compulsive autopsy scenes, plentiful plot twists, and the compelling, if slightly more vulnerable chief medical examiner herself. She is sent to investigate the putrefied remains of a man found inside a container ship, "eyes bulged froglike, and the scalp and beard were sloughing off with the outer layer of darkening
The decomposed remains of a stowaway lead Dr. Kay Scarpetta on an international search to Interpol’s headquarters in Lyon, France—and on a mission that will pull her in two opposite directions: toward protecting her career or toward the truth.