false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165603724m/6531.jpg 6531 35 Virginia's chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta is getting ready for a romantic holiday with her retired-FBI-profiler boyfriend, Benton Wesley, when she receives a cryptic and foreboding letter: "Hey DOC, Tick Tock, Sawed bone and fire," it begins. Even more creepy, the taunting note has been signed by Carrie Grethen, the psychotic killer Kay helped send to a psychiatric facility for going on a murder spree with Temple Gault in Cornwell's earlier book <I>Body Farm</I>. Benton believes that Grethen--who also happens to be the former lover of Scarpetta's niece Lucy--has big plans for a comeback. And before Kay and Benton can leave for their trip and discuss it further, Scarpetta is called upon to don yet another professional hat, that of a "consulting forensic pathologist" for the federal government. Someone has burned a highfalutin horse ranch and all of its contents, including a human being, to the ground. Worse, Grethen has escaped and is on the loose and closer to Kay and her beloved than she knows. <I>Point of Origin</I>, the ninth Scarpetta thriller, is classic Cornwell: rich with detail and strong dialogue, and doused with harrowing twists. 1827446 1998 Point Of Origin (Kay Scarpetta, #9) total:5396|5:61|4:102|3:80|2:16|1:3| 5396 20446 6801 100 1 3 false false Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 05:33:21 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 12:53:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 18:26:53 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 19:10:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Jan 08 12:08:49 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 12:08:49 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 07 12:57:26 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 22:25:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Mar 27 17:57:36 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 27 17:59:23 -0700 2007 1 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Mon Jun 15 11:24:20 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 08:11:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 25 13:37:56 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 06:11:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 07:35:12 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 21:15:21 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 22 20:23:30 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 03:13:35 -0700 2008
Basically, I have come to the conclusion that the author is writing about herself. However, in real life, she's not a forensic scientist like author Robin Cook who is an M...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Aug 19 20:49:08 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 20:50:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 05 11:09:43 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 11:18:43 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 10:29:19 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 10:37:56 -0700 2009 I finished this while I was at the beach. I couldn't stop once I got to the last ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Mon Jun 01 11:36:34 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 11:39:45 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 02:10:13 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 03:21:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Sep 29 01:27:54 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 01:29:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jun 26 01:06:42 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 01:08:11 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 10:51:54 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 10:52:29 -0700 2009 ]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 22 06:30:52 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 06:31:27 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Aug 10 12:52:56 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:54:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jun 06 06:05:34 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 06:07:11 -0700 2009 i really liked this quote: "it's as much a handicap to be a genius as it is to be retarded."]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6531