Doctora Kay Scarpetta: Post Mortem / Postmortem (Paperback)

from LisaMaria_C

Cornwell has worked as a crime reporter and for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia, so she certainly has the background to bring a sense of authenticity to her medical examiner heroine and first person narrator, Kay Scarpetta. Indeed, I think its the details of this world that r...

from skinglist

For all the crime books I've read, I'd never read Cornwell until last summer when an audio book was on in a car I was riding in. I liked it and vaguely intended to read more. Didn't happen until I loaded some onto my nook and spent the holiday weekend enjoying brain candy. I decided to read from ...

from ralphmalph

The first and best book in the Scarpetta series books by Cornwell. Deep suspense and memorable characters lead to a good story and you'll want to read the others in the series which are still being written, although they still haven't topped this first book in the series.

from bolgai

The first time I heard about Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta mysteries was on BBC World Book Club and when the hefty tome containing the first three Scarpetta novels caught my eye at the used book shop I immediately snatched it off the shelf. It waited its turn until this year when I finally se...

from la_femme_jennifer

I recently re-read this book after first reading it 10+ years ago. Though I remembered some of the main plot points, I had forgotten enough of it that it felt fresh again. This is definitely a graphic book with some grisly descriptions, but in my opinion it's not gratuitous and instead reflects t...