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The Scarpetta Collection Volume I: Postmortem and Body of Evidence
by
Patricia Cornwell (Goodreads Author)
Fans of Patricia Cornwell, the number one megastar who virtually invented the forensic thriller, will rejoice to see her first two novels, Postmortem and Body of Evidence, united in this much-anticipated omnibus volume. Hugely successful when they were first published, these are the two novels that brought Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta to the book-reading w...more
Paperback, 640 pages
Published
September 29th 2009
by Gallery Books
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So far, I am amazed at how much smoking goes on in public places, and how technology was so primitive. Typing in commands on the computer, the scarcity of computers, and using a phone booth to make calls away from home or office.
Postmortem was written in 1990. I remember in my own life, when we were visiting colleges in 1997 and '98, that the dorms were just then being wired for personal computers, and that it was a big deal. By the time we were visiting again in 2003,issuing cell phones to each...more
Postmortem was written in 1990. I remember in my own life, when we were visiting colleges in 1997 and '98, that the dorms were just then being wired for personal computers, and that it was a big deal. By the time we were visiting again in 2003,issuing cell phones to each...more
Being the CSI freak that I am, I don't know why I never read the Scarpetta books before - perhaps a bandwagon I was letting pass by, I don't know.
But, being home sick, and not in the mood for trashy romance, I went trashy crime. Fast read, a little outdated with the advances made in DNA technology, but if you're going to read a series, I guess its best to start in the beginning.
Update - now that I've finished both books, I'm downgrading this from three stars to two stars. For a highly educated w...more
But, being home sick, and not in the mood for trashy romance, I went trashy crime. Fast read, a little outdated with the advances made in DNA technology, but if you're going to read a series, I guess its best to start in the beginning.
Update - now that I've finished both books, I'm downgrading this from three stars to two stars. For a highly educated w...more
I just finished reading this book. I didn't think I would like it from a medical examiner's point of view, but it took me most of the way through to figure out the killer and what happened was summed up in the end. I was completely surprised. I like her writing and the plot line. I really didn't know what to think of the old love interest who comes along in the story and was surprised at the end about him. Read this if you like mysteries with women investigators and plots that don't spell it out...more
Audio CD I read these books when they originally were published. Forgot that Kay Scarpetta used to smoke, she and Marino weren't friends in the beginning and Lucy was quite young! Enjoyed the second time around also!
This was the second book in my list of required reads on my class' roster. And it was a breath of icy crisp air. Beginning The the mind of scarpetta, right before the call to the first murder scene. Right up until the end you wonder (or at least i do) who the killer could be. Is it someone we know? Is it a complete stranger? Is is a woman? is it a man? nothing is for sure until the very end. And even then you are left in amazment. Patricia Cornwell has my respect, I have never seen an author mak...more
Another hit....loved these books!! Love the author!!
The stories that started it all! What more can be said?
Killer was disappointing, but it was a good story.
The first book(s) I downloaded to my Kindle.
Always lots of twists in her books.
Mar 10, 2012
Karleene West
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This is actually a collection of two books, I only completed Omnibus: Postmortem. While this isn't a genre that I partake in very often, I found this book engaging enough to finish (so really I would give it 2.5 or 2.75 starts). I suppose I just don't have the taste for some of the "gore" that accompanies many murder mysteries. I did get a kick out of the very "vintage" computer technology that was used through out the book. Sigh, we've come a long way since then, tee hee.
Everyone knows I like forensic stuff... this is just a forensic version of the popcorn mystery/thriller. I've only read the two books, but they seem formulaic, but with some ok twists and turns.
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Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, while working as a computer analyst at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. At her first signing, held during a lunch break from the morgue, Patricia sold no copies of Postmortem and fielded exactly one question – an elderly woman asked her where she could find the cookbooks.
Postmortem would go on to win the Edgar, Cre...more
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