| Product Summary | | Format: Hardcover | | ISBN: 9780399153938 | | Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group | | Publish Date: 10/23/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 202556336 | | Item#: RCJNFS | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 96145 | | Pages: 416 |
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| | | Kay Scarpetta faces a string of the most baffling and terrifying crimes of her career in the extraordinary new novel from Americas #1 bestselling crime writer. The "book of the dead" is the morgue log in which all cases are entered by hand. For Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning.
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Patricia Cornwell continues her suspenseful Kay Scarpetta series with BOOK OF THE DEAD. In this installment, the brilliant forensic scientist tries for a change of pace by relocating to Charleston, South Carolina. Kay is hoping to slow things down a bit by opening a private pathology practice, but soon a string of gruesome murders has her busier than she?s ever been. Along with being a bestselling crime novelist, Cornwell is the Director of Applied Forensic Science at the National Forensic Academy.
| Author Bio| Patricia Daniels Cornwell | | Patricia Cornwell is no stranger to the morgue. In researching her often violent suspense novels, she ensures authenticity in her work by frequently accompanying medical examiners as they perform autopsies. Also contributing to the accuracy of her novels is her experience working as a crime reporter, and as a records auditor in the Richmond, Virginia medical examiner's office. Cornwell exploded onto the mystery scene in 1990 with "Post Mortem", one of the most critically acclaimed debuts ever, and the first novel to win an Edgar Award, Anthony Award, Macavity Award and the John Creasey Award all in one year. Cornwell's initial inspiration to write came from her close neighbor and friend, Ruth Bell Graham, the wife of evangelist Billy Graham. Cornwell's first book, a biography of Graham, was published in 1983. Ironically the book caused a rift in their relationship, but Cornwell followed it with a series of mysteries that would make her famous and wildly successful. |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Writing |  1 | | Content | 1 | | Readability | 1 | | Overall Satisfaction | 1 |
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1 of 5 Each book is worse than the last, same problems co Wednesday, November 28, 2007
lefty frizzell from Norfolk, VA
This book has been the object of some pretty heavy criticism. Most of it deserved. The quality of the book, the writing is sub par. The content is incoherent...and it reads like a 7th grade history book.
Readers have been complaining about the decline in the content and writing from this author for several prior books. The writer of this book seems to be in some spiraling decline claiming a government conspiracy is out to "Get her". Instead of an acknowledgement of her declining quality, the author choses to blame some unknown group being out to get her. Who exactly, I have no idea.
Do yourself a favor. Save your money. Or, find another author more worthy of your support. The author may continue to grind out low quality literature, but let someone else be the one to pay the price. Try out some of the other writers still trying to get there....not one that has got there,..but got lost upon arrival.
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