false 6528 27 Investigating the disappearance of two sisters in Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta follows clues that twist and turn, leading her into the psychopathic depths of a jailed serial killer's mind. 947822 book 2005 Predator (Kay Scarpetta, #14) total:3987|5:743|4:1238|3:1329|2:503|1:174| 3987 13834 5419 218 2 3 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 13:31:28 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 13:52:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 10:58:21 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 18:42:28 -0800 2008 Cornwell has a great talent for creating seemingly independant story lines that eventually knit together in a natural and uncontrived way.
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That being said, the pacing was terrible, the book was so overstuffed that at one point, in the middle of discussing a crime scene we get step by step details of ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Sun Jan 11 06:41:07 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 06:45:06 -0800 2009
I bought this in the Zurich airport because I already read the other three books I brought with me for our trip. It had the word "psychopath" in the description, so that was enough to sell me, considering the English-language book section was ve...more...]]> 2 1 true false Wed Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 05:27:43 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 05:28:29 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 02:01:22 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 02:18:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 14:08:10 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 14:10:21 -0700 2009
Having said that, this was my first introduction to Cornwell's books and I'm not sure I'm eager to read mo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 11:06:04 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 17:48:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 15 11:24:22 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 11 19:20:54 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 15 11:24:22 -0700 2009
I'm about halfway through it.

It can get kinda grisly with the medical details of crime scenes and autopsies - but the plots of Cornwell's books ar...more...]]> 4 1 false true Thu Sep 11 09:25:33 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 09:26:27 -0700 2008 Amazon.com are terrible. I thought this was a pretty good book. The characters have new issues to deal with. Marino has become a biker. He works out, wears leather and drives a Harley. Lucy has ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 11 02:07:54 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 02:08:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 11:37:41 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 21:13:07 -0700 2008 Predator, by Patricia Cornwell, will not disappoint Scarpetta fans: it is chock-full of her regular characters with all their attendant idiosyncrasies (neuroses) and conflicts. And, of course, there are the deranged scumbags that keep the good guys on their toes until the last word.

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Patricia Cornwell remains to be one of my favorite authors. However, lately, I have not been impressed with the Kay Scarpetta series. I wasn't thrilled about this whole "werewolf" serial killer storyline. Despite the bad reviews in Amazon.com...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 17 11:07:02 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 25 12:08:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 04 21:15:30 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 21:15:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jun 09 12:33:58 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 12:38:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6528