false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165603726m/6534.jpg 6534 58 Under cover of night in Richmond, Virginia, a human monster strikes, leaving a gruesome trail of stranglings that has paralyzed the city. Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta suspects the worst: a deliberate campaign by a brilliant serial killer whose signature offers precious few clues. With an unerring eye, she calls on the latest advances in forensic research to unmask the madman. But this investigation will test Kay like no other, because it's being sabotaged from within and someone wants her dead. 1045067 book 1985 Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1) total:7558|5:2064|4:3194|3:1992|2:274|1:34| 7558 29654 9563 371 5 3 false false Wed Jan 30 11:00:49 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 24 09:57:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 06:37:35 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 09:03:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Dec 31 17:15:30 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 17:34:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 11:19:42 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 13:32:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 17:35:11 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 12:54:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 06 10:13:43 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 21:02:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Oct 08 12:27:26 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 12:28:11 -0700 2009
Dr Kay Scarpetta has a difficult job on her hands investigating a series of horrific murders where the victims are all well-heeled young women. All of them are found naked, bound and strangled in the early hours of Saturday morning.

As she unravels t...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Aug 09 08:26:19 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 08:28:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 01 10:47:32 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 10:48:29 -0800 2009 Patricia Cornwell faz parte daquelas escritoras que dese...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 09:34:07 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 19:32:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false true Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 07:42:10 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 07:52:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 05:10:18 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 17:46:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 22:06:12 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 22:09:39 -0700 2009 Scarpetta, I decided to re-read the Kay Scarpetta books by Patricia Cornwell. Postmortem is the first in the series, in which we are introduced to Scarpetta, Benton and Marino as well as Kay's niece Lucy. I felt the book lacked what I really remember of these boo...more...]]> 2 0 false true Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 08:19:51 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 11:30:52 -0700 2009 1
I felt like there was really no character development and the bad guy was never even mentioned before. He was just some guy.

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I am reading them out of order. I shouldn't have, but someone told me it didn't matter. I can follow the story line well, and Ms. Cornwell does stay on track and doesn't leave a lot of inconsistencies, as far as I know.

"P...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 22:32:03 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 15:38:24 -0700 2008 Postmortem because of how often Cornwell and Kathy Reichs are compared. And I can see the reasons for the comparisons. Both are written in first person, the narrators are forty-something, divorced, blond and handsome professional woman, and they become personally involved with th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 04 10:16:42 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 10:22:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Mon Jun 15 11:23:52 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 07:46:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6534