Ldp Thrillers: Une Peine d'Exception: Une Enquète de Kay Scarpetta (Other)

from bnielsen

USA, ca 1991 Titlen hentyder naturligvis til amerikansk lovs forbud mod grusom og sjælden straf, hvilket af nogle ses som en mulighed for at få afskaffet dødsstraf. Bogen starter mandag den 13 december 1991 med henrettelsen af Ronnie Joe Waddell. I bukselommen har han en kuvert med kvitteringer i...

from amacmillen

A serial killer is loose and has imitated a killing of another murder that is being executed. The murder in this case is a friend of a guard at the prison where the execution is happening. Hilton Sullivan (Temple brooks Gault) is the killer. The governor of Virginal was responsible for terming th...

from mana_tominaga

The fourth Kay Scarpetta mystery. The chief medical examiner for the state of Virginia has to deal with internal computer hacks and a flurry of media attention as she tries to solve one crime after another that all are united with thin threads of coincidences.

from skinglist

Another quick read in my quest to read the Kay Scarpetta series this summer. Interesting how all along the theory was that Waddell hadn't been the one executed - but then he was. Like how she overcame her distrust of Gruemann to hire him, but I really don't get the Charlie Hale hook. Since the al...

from Carpe_Librum

The Kay Scarpetta series seems to get better and better with each book, and this was no exception. I enjoyed this murder mystery and the further character development that was evident throughout the novel. I especially enjoyed learning that Kay Scarpetta had given up smoking, as I cringed every t...