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| Original Title: | Point of Origin |
| ISBN: | 0751530484 (ISBN13: 9780751530483) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Kay Scarpetta #9 |
| Characters: | Kay Scarpetta, Pete Marino, Lucy Farinelli, Benton Wesley |
| Setting: | United States of America |
Patricia Cornwell
Paperback | Pages: 440 pages Rating: 4.03 | 56521 Users | 699 Reviews
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| Title | : | Point of Origin (Kay Scarpetta #9) |
| Author | : | Patricia Cornwell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 440 pages |
| Published | : | 2000 by Time Warner (first published July 6th 1998) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Thriller. Mystery Thriller. Suspense. Murder Mystery |
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A farmhouse destroyed by fireA body amongst the ruins
Dr Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner and consulting pathologist for the federal law enforcement agency ATF, is called out to a farmhouse in Virginia which has been destroyed by fire. In the ruins of the house she finds a body which tells a story of a violent and grisly murder.
The fire has come at the same time as another even more incendiary horror: Carrie Grethen, a killer who nearly destroyed the lives of Scarpetta and those closest to her, has escaped from a forensic psychiatric hospital. Her whereabouts is unknown, but her ultimate destination is not, for Carrie has begun to communicate with Scarpetta, conveying her deadly - if cryptic - plans for revenge.
Chillingly mesmeric in tone, labyrinthine in structure, Point of Origin is Patricia Cornwell at her most dazzling.
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Ratings: 4.03 From 56521 Users | 699 ReviewsRate About Books Point of Origin (Kay Scarpetta #9)
***SPOILER ALERT ***I have been anxiously waiting to read this book for years; I've missed Kay, Benton, Lucy and Marino, it's been a long time. But, unfortunately, this book just fell short, on too many levels. I wasn't drawn into the story like I should have been, it just wasn't suspenseful enough. You'd think bringing Carrie back into the mix would have spiced things up, but it was the opposite, I was completely disappointed in how our infamous villain was addressed in this book. And don'tThis was one of my favorite series many, many years ago.
That's it! I'm done with this series, I can't continue along this road any further.
This one was TERRIBLE. So far, her later books are a lot better. I don't expect much from my guilty pleasures, but I would like some entertainment and not sigh and facepalm so much.Better review to come.
Patricia Cornwell is the master of suspense and she delivers another helping in Point of Origin. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia is back and faced with an evil from her past. In collaboration with her niece Lucy, Detective Pete Marino, and Profiler Benton Wesley, Scarpetta takes on the case of a deadly fire that turns into a plot even more sinister. Well written as always, Patricia Cornwell has delivered another thrilling tale of murder,deceit and mystery. Another page turner
This book was so bad that I cant even bring myself to go into any details because that would mean reliving this atrocity. Halfway through I removed all of the unread books from this series from my TBR list. I looked ahead to see if any future books looked better and found that 14 books later the same characters are still having the same problems and literally nothing has changed. Also the main character has a REALLY unhealthy attachment to her niece that just gets more disturbing with each book.
Hmm well Cornwell and Scarpetta are such a curates egg for me. The books are readable and so far Ive always finished them but, for me, they could be much better. My biggest problem is that Scarpetta doesnt grow; shes stuck in her ways and terrified of change as such she gets damned boring! Lucys new boss Teun McGovern says this of her in this book, Youre awfully straight and narrow, arent you, Kay? and so she is. Cornwell makes her say in response to this that this isnt how she sees herself
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