Mystery

now this was the Cornwell/Scarpetta that I used to like! More about the characters themselves than about the crazies of the world or too much morgue forensics. I think I stuck with the series lately hoping that they would get good again. Much more enjoyable! Next up is Port Mortuary, hoping she stays with this style again. ( )

PRATELEIRA EUNICE 1 LIVRO 43

It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta—despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN—to offer her services pro bono to New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events, culminating in an ominous package—possibly a bomb—showing up at the front desk of the apartment building where she and her husband, Benton, live. Soon the apparent threat on Scarpetta’s life finds her embroiled in a surreal plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionaire with whom her niece, Lucy, seems to have shared a secret past.

Scarpetta’s CNN producer wants her to launch a TV show called The Scarpetta Factor. Given the bizarre events already in play, she fears that her growing fame will generate the illusion that she has a “special factor,” a mythical ability to solve all her cases. She wonders if she will end up like other TV personalities: her own stereotype.

La semana antes de Navidad, el desastre económico hace que la doctora Kay Scarpetta ofrezca sus servicios gratuitos a la Oficina del Jefe de Medicina Forense de Nueva York. En televisión, se le pregunta en directo por la sonada desaparición de Hannah Starr, a la que se da por muerta.

I started this book becausse I am a huge Scarpetta fan. Sadly, I didn't finish because it was slllooowww.:( ( )