Postmortem
by Patricia Cornwell
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/No DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0762188596
- ISBN 13
- 9780762188598
- Seller
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Mulvane, Kansas, United States
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Content appears as new, unopened, unread & unblemished in red decorated boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear as shown.
Kirkus Review: Another serial killer is on the loose in a first novel from reporter, biographer Cornwell (A Time for Remembering--not reviewed). The plot is as familiar as yesterday's headlines: four young women have been attacked at home, raped, and strangled, always on Friday nights, by someone who seems familiar with their habits. How has the killer picked his victims, and what did they have in common? Cornwell's focus on County Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta, her harried narrator-heroine, is so painfully tight that the landscape (Richmond, Virginia) is barely there, and the detective work--involving DNA profiling, traces of borax, a break-in to Kay's computer files, and a sweetish smell the killer leaves behind--is competent but no more. But the police-procedural routine (including clinical descriptions of the victims' bodies) is convincing; the obligatory characters (Kay's niece Lucy, bullying boss Dr. Amburgey, macho cop Pete Marino, tabloid reporter Abby Turnbull, sometime maybe-too-violent boyfriend Bill Boltz) sketched in with authority; and the threats to Kay--first her professionalism is questioned, then her competence, and inevitably her life--so skillfully judged that you'll keep turning the pages to find out what you already know. A solid if unspectacular debut.
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Synopsis
Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1) A series of monstrous stranglings in Richmond, Virginia leaves the city paralyzed with fear. Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta begins her investigation, and quickly realizes a terrible pattern is emerging, and someone begins to sabotage her research and wants her dead! Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel (1991) , Anthony Award for Best First Novel (1991) , Prix du Roman d'Adventure , Crime Writers' Association New Blood Dagger , Edgar Award for Best First Novel (1991)
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- Bookseller
- Eve's Reads (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5839-102821
- Title
- Postmortem
- Author
- Patricia Cornwell
- Book Condition
- New As New/No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Unstated, Presumed 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0762188596
- ISBN 13
- 9780762188598
- Publisher
- Impress Mysteries/The Best Mysteries of All Time
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 333
- Keywords
- Thriller
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