Trace: Scarpetta (Book 13)
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (610 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0399568824 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds that nothing is as she expected: her former lab is in the final stages of demolition; the inept chief isn't the one who requested her after all; her old assistant chief has developed personal problems that he won't reveal; and a glamorous FBI agent, whom Marino dislikes instantly, meddles with the case.Deprived of assistance from colleagues Benton and Lucy, who are embroiled in what first appears to be an unrelated attempted rape by a stalker, Scarpetta is faced with investigating the death of a fourteen-year-old girl, working with the smallest pieces of evidence-traces that only the most thorough hunters can identify. Kay Scarpetta thriller from America's #1-bestselling crime writer.Dr. The heart-stopping new Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago.In Trace, Scarpetta travels to Richmond, Virginia, at the odd behest of the recently appointed Chief Medical Examiner, who claims that he needs her help to solve a perplexing crime. She must follow the twisting leads and track the
Joel Marcus, Scarpetta's replacement as Virginia's chief medical examiner, has summoned her back to help him puzzle through the mysterious death of a 14-year-old girl. It's her job, as always, to connect all the puzzling forensic dots and identify the killer in time to save herself and her loved ones. From Publishers Weekly Cornwell's latest after the disappointing Blow Fly has indomitable medical examiner Kay Scarpetta returning to her office in Richmond five years after being fired. She does this, mostly, but leaves
"still felt hurt and shunned by a city she once loved and respected" according to Linda Murphy on. *A compelling thriller by author Patricia Cornwall, featuring one of her infamous charachters, Dr. Kay Scarpetta!!.Arriving in Richmond, Virginia, after five long years former Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Kay Scarpetta still felt hurt and shunned by a city she once loved and respected only to have them turn their backs. "Another Disappointment" according to Ides of March. I keep buying and reading the Scarpetta series hoping that Cornwell will wow me as she did early in the series. NO success with TRACE.Cornwell has developed a formula that is growing more tired with every new entry to this, once promising, series. I no longer care about Lucy's dysfunctional relationships, Kay and Bent. Not a trace A few years ago I gave up on Patricia Cornwell after her star, Scarpetta, devolved into a self-absborbed, petulant, adolescent poseur, noted more for her vitriol than her virtue. Then came the promising reviews of this latest effort that hinted at a return to the kind of work we had once expected of Ms. Cornwell. And