
"Full marks, as always, for the gripping forensic detail and beleaguered Scarpetta's legendary toughness." Kirkus Reviews (starred review). Through six harrowing, expertly crafted crime novels, Patricia Cornwell has earned an international following of passionate readers who are addicted to her singular blend of spellbinding storytelling, absorbing forensic detail, and characters who grow more complex and interesting with each book. Now Cornwell submerges Dr. Kay Scarpetta in a labyrinthine case that wraps a web of danger around those closest to her and threatens to wreak fear and death far beyond the confines of Virginia. New Year's Eve and the final murder scene of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War takes Scarpetta thirty feet below the Elizabeth River's icy surface. A scuba diver, Ted Eddings, is dead, an investigative reporter who was a favorite at the Medical Examiner's Office. Was Eddings probing the frigid depths of the Inactive Ship Yard for a story, or simply diving for sunken trinkets? And why did Scarpetta receive a phone call from someone reporting the death before the police were notified? With the advent of a second murder--this one hitting even closer to home-- the case envelops Scarpetta, her neice Lucy, and police captain Pete Marino in a world where both cutting-edge technology and old-fashioned detective work are critical offensive weapons. Together they follow the trail of death to a well of violence as dark and forbidding as the water that swirled over Ted Eddings. With Cause of Death, Patricia Cornwell brilliantly delivers the high-tension suspense that has secured her status as the best crime writer of our time.
Publisher:
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996
ISBN:
9780425158616
0425158616
9780399141461
0399141464
0425158616
9780399141461
0399141464
Branch Call Number:
M COR
Characteristics:
340 p. ;,25 cm


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Add a CommentScarpetta is her usual whiny self in this book, always knowing how other people should live their lives. What an annoying aunt/employer/friend she would be!
Fun and entertaining. As long as you're willing to throw credibility out the window and just enjoy the book for its entertainment value, you will have a good time
Really disapointed with the quality of the reading. The books themselves are great but the choice of reader and the production are not good, unfortunately.
Fairly slow plot. I don't like the reader. She is too slow, not "spontaneous."