Kay Scarpetta Mysteries: El Factor Scarpetta (Hardcover)

from Eren0317

The 17th in the Kay Scarpetta series and her books are still disappointing me. They just seem so loose, and quickly written that I don't really enjoy reading them. I keep doing it to see if she makes a comeback! I started to read this one in book form, finally was able to push through and finish ...

from emstjames

As with the last Patricia Cornwall book Irea, this was very disappointing. I found excruciatingly long technical descriptions when I was anxious to get on with the story. With a total of 562 pages, this could have been edited to eliminate at least 100 pages without taking away from the story. The...

from davybhoy

I used to be a huge Cornwell and Scarpetta fan and the earlier books in the series easily held my interest. Sadly though, as the series has progressed it seems that each book becomes worse and worse in terms of excitement, plot and entertainment value. The Scarpetta factor has reached the bottom ...

from Gingermama

Recipe for this novel: throw in everything but the kitchen sink, some new items, some from previous books, and some plotlines that apparently took place during previous books but, um, we never actually KNEW about them, shake well, and try to swallow the result. Incomprehensible and very disappoin...

from Kathy89

This is my last Patricia Cornwell book. I stopped reading her books a couple of books ago because I was fed up with her psycho perverted wolfman character. He's back in this book. On top of that, Kay and Benton are bland and boring, Marino whines constantly and a huge part of the book is devoted ...