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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Kay Scarpetta is back in her 27th book. This time she is summoned to an abandoned theme park to retrieve the body of someone she once loved. She is given little information as she is summoned by the Secret Service and her daughter Lucy. Upon arrival the body is found on the yellow brick road of an abandoned Oz theme park, surrounded by apple flower petals and his skin is an awkward red color. The body appears to have been dropped from the sky and an unidentified flying aircraft was detected around the area at the time of death. Upon further autopsy Kay discovers this body is somehow connected to another of her cases she is working. How do they relate and who or what could be behind these deaths.
Patricia Cornwell does a great job of painting the scene through her words. Right from the start of the novel she drops you right into the morgue and an autopsy and it feels like you are standing right next to Scarpetta has she performs this autopsy. Her characters have been well developed overtime and continue to grow with each novel. The novel similar to other Scarpetta novels is a fairly fast paced and easy read that keeps you guessing until the end with different twists and turns, along with new evidence being found.
This is definitely one of her better novels and would recommend to other fans of the Scarpetta series.
Thank you NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Patricia Cornwell does a great job of painting the scene through her words. Right from the start of the novel she drops you right into the morgue and an autopsy and it feels like you are standing right next to Scarpetta has she performs this autopsy. Her characters have been well developed overtime and continue to grow with each novel. The novel similar to other Scarpetta novels is a fairly fast paced and easy read that keeps you guessing until the end with different twists and turns, along with new evidence being found.
This is definitely one of her better novels and would recommend to other fans of the Scarpetta series.
Thank you NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Boring and repetitive
Have read most of the Kay Scarpetta series, but this one seemed to be very similar like all the previous.
There was also a lot.of background building which made me wonder if this could be read as a standalone.
Not my type of read
Have read most of the Kay Scarpetta series, but this one seemed to be very similar like all the previous.
There was also a lot.of background building which made me wonder if this could be read as a standalone.
Not my type of read
Identity Unknown is the latest in the Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell. I have been reading this series since the mid-90s and was very excited to get a copy of this!
Kay is completing the autopsy of a young girl, believing that the parents’ version of events is not true, when she gets a call from Lucy- she and Marino need to head to the chopper to a sensitive case, and the victim is someone Kay knows very well.
Kay’s former lover Sal Giordano has been found in a decrepit amusement park, long abandoned, in very strange circumstances. It appears he has been dropped by an unidentified aerial phenomenon.
As Kay works with the secret service on the case, it begins to cross paths with the case she had been working on before. And it appears that old nemesis Carrie Grethen may be back in town.
Another great installment in the series! Fans of Patricia Cornwell do not want to miss this. Thanks to the publisher, the author, and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Kay is completing the autopsy of a young girl, believing that the parents’ version of events is not true, when she gets a call from Lucy- she and Marino need to head to the chopper to a sensitive case, and the victim is someone Kay knows very well.
Kay’s former lover Sal Giordano has been found in a decrepit amusement park, long abandoned, in very strange circumstances. It appears he has been dropped by an unidentified aerial phenomenon.
As Kay works with the secret service on the case, it begins to cross paths with the case she had been working on before. And it appears that old nemesis Carrie Grethen may be back in town.
Another great installment in the series! Fans of Patricia Cornwell do not want to miss this. Thanks to the publisher, the author, and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
I liked this new release from Patricia Cornwell. I always preorder her new books, and this one didn't let me down. I will say that I'm not sure if it was the pacing that slowed me down or all the unfamiliar acronyms and space terminology, but it took me much longer to get through this one than normal. I found myself annoyed that I couldn't burn right through it.
I know that probably sounds like a negative review, but it's not. Identity Unknown was a great piece of the overall Scarpetta puzzle and I look forward to the next one!
I know that probably sounds like a negative review, but it's not. Identity Unknown was a great piece of the overall Scarpetta puzzle and I look forward to the next one!
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No