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CATHY FRISINGER, MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
11-04-2007

REVIEW: BOOK OF THE DEAD
By CATHY FRISINGER, MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
Date: 11-04-2007, Sunday
Section: BETTER LIVING
Edtion: All Editions

* BOOK OF THE DEAD, by Patricia Cornwell; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 400 pages, $26.95.

Before there was Catherine Willows or Gil Grissom, there was Kay Scarpetta, running the medical examiner's office in Richmond, Va., and solving serial murders via cutting-edge science.

Patricia Cornwell's first novel, "Postmortem," introduced us to a hyper-professional, a woman with both law and medical ...

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	Trial by fire // Scarpetta tale rides on arson ; ...mysteries featuring Kay Scarpetta, fictional chief...Postmortem, the first book in the series, immediately...examiner's office. Scarpetta is no cheerful cutup...never attends a book signing without...25.95), her ninth Scarpetta novel, begins as...old baddies and Scarpetta's ...
	CORNWELL'S LATEST CATERS TO HER FANS.(Books)(Review) ; ...is steady and the book doesn't drag. But...their first Cornwell book would find it as...Throughout the book, Scarpetta deals with the demons...fully appreciate. Scarpetta's niece Lucy makes...loose ends in this book. A regular in other...for now, it seems Scarpetta has risen ...
	Has the doc got the pox? // Scarpetta vs. a killer virus ; ...readers relate to Dr. Kay Scarpetta: Unnatural Exposure tops...finishes another novel about Scarpetta, chief medical examiner for...we rush out to devour the book. That's because the prickly...Exposure so unsatisfying? Scarpetta is back for the eighth time...gives us one last glimpse of ...
	BOOKS: the first chapter; Tomark its NewVoices range of books, Waterstone's have come up with a special Easter quiz. Test your knowledge on best-selling authors and their first books.(Features) ; ...Alexander McCall Smith 2. Who wrote Knots and Crosses, the first book to feature Edinburgh-based Detective Inspector John Rebus...Ian Rankin 3. In 1943 who published his debut children's book The Gremlins? A. Roald Dahl B. J R R Tolkien C. C S Lewis...in 1990 with her debut publication Postmortem, the first ...
	Scarpetta, Goddess of Forensics ; ...Patricia Cornwell's immensely popular Kay Scarpetta novels I've read and my reaction was...heroine, the forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta, and we will get to that, but first let's examine her plot. Scarpetta, five years after she was unjustly...
	Books you want this summer: By Woodward, Ambrose, Steel - and posthumous works by Ellison, Hemingway ; ...Random House, $25) You want this book because: The deceased author...Putnam, $25.95) You want this book because: Cornwell's brainchild, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, is once again on the trail...Schuster, $27.50) You want this book because: The author is arguably...
	A cool and creepy summer for book-lovers. ; ...House, $25). You want this book because: The deceased author...Putnam, $25.95). You want this book because: Cornwell's brainchild, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, is once again on the trail...Schuster, $27.50). You want this book because: The author is arguably...
	HIT THE BEACH WITH THESE COOL BOOKS.(DAILY BREAK)(Review) ; ...House, $25). You want this book because: The deceased author...Putnam, $25.95). You want this book because: Cornwell's brainchild, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, is once again on the trail...Schuster, $27.50). You want this book because: The author is arguably...
	Partricia Cornwell's latest Scarpetta novel an insult to readers. ; ...12th novel in Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta series, is proof that this once-award-winni...the direction of Cornwell's series and Scarpetta's personality. This Lazarus-like return...reader slack-jawed. Cornwell also betrays Scarpetta _ everyone in her inner circle of family...

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