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askhualrak's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Medical content, Murder, Child death, Gun violence, Blood, and Violence
booking_along's review against another edition
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
great thriller with a good mixture of personal and professional challenges without going overboard with either.
i enjoyed how this book really showed how challenging a career like Scarpetta has can be for a person both professionally and personally.
i didn’t really understand why yet another big time jump had to happens for this book to be written as it was (between the first book and this fourth one 7 years went by and this particular book takes place in 1992/1993 most likely) but it also wasn’t hindering the story by doing so.
the crime elements of this book were interesting and well done as well and kept me guessing how it was all going to be solved until the end.
i can’t say i love the ending of this one.
it’s and ending and it’s realistic but i also wish it would have been a bit more as the the other three books before this in the series ended.
overall it was a well paced page turner that i read through all 400 pages of in one day because i wanted to know what would happen and how.
i would say that shows a pretty good thriller!
i enjoyed how this book really showed how challenging a career like Scarpetta has can be for a person both professionally and personally.
i didn’t really understand why yet another big time jump had to happens for this book to be written as it was (between the first book and this fourth one 7 years went by and this particular book takes place in 1992/1993 most likely) but it also wasn’t hindering the story by doing so.
the crime elements of this book were interesting and well done as well and kept me guessing how it was all going to be solved until the end.
i can’t say i love the ending of this one.
it’s and ending and it’s realistic but i also wish it would have been a bit more as the the other three books before this in the series ended.
overall it was a well paced page turner that i read through all 400 pages of in one day because i wanted to know what would happen and how.
i would say that shows a pretty good thriller!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Gore, Child death, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Pregnancy
outsmartyourshelf's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta is due to autopsy the body of Ronnie Joe Waddell after his execution for killing local TV celebrity Robyn Naismith. During the autopsy her assistant, Susan Storey, seems agitated and distracted & she is the same during the autopsy of a young boy who is killed several days later. Susan then abruptly quits without explanation. Meanwhile FBI agent Benton Wesley become involved in the cases when Marino spots that Eddie Heath's death scene is eerily similar to Robyn Naismith's, & Waddell's print is found at another crime scene - a crime committed after his execution.
This is a fast paced addition to the series with a plot that is complicated but not overly convoluted. There are several murders in the book with varying ties to the main case, & Scarpetta's new nemesis appears, one that will return in several future books. Scarpetta (I never feel right referring to her as Kay) struggles with both her professional & personal life in this one. The reader learns that Mark James is dead, killed by a bomb explosion, & that Scarpetta has been withdrawing from her friends & family. Workwise there are betrayals & back stabbings & she has to depend upon an old academic teacher from her past for help. One thing I wondered about this time through is that when the hard copies of memos go missing from her office there is apparently no way to evidence they were ever there, but surely her administrative assistant would keep electronic copies? A small niggle in an otherwise great read.
This is a fast paced addition to the series with a plot that is complicated but not overly convoluted. There are several murders in the book with varying ties to the main case, & Scarpetta's new nemesis appears, one that will return in several future books. Scarpetta (I never feel right referring to her as Kay) struggles with both her professional & personal life in this one. The reader learns that Mark James is dead, killed by a bomb explosion, & that Scarpetta has been withdrawing from her friends & family. Workwise there are betrayals & back stabbings & she has to depend upon an old academic teacher from her past for help. One thing I wondered about this time through is that when the hard copies of memos go missing from her office there is apparently no way to evidence they were ever there, but surely her administrative assistant would keep electronic copies? A small niggle in an otherwise great read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Medical content
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