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Title:
The Scarpetta Factor
Genre:
Crime
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Subgenre:
Pathologist
Series:
Kay Scarpetta
Series Order:
17
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
17th
Narrative:
First Person
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
545
Number of Chapters:
23
Date Added:
2018-06-26 15:51:49
Synopsis:
In this provocative thriller, forensic expert Kay Scarpetta is surrounded by familiar faces, yet traveling down the unfamiliar road of fame....
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.
REVIEW
Praise for The Scarpetta Factor
“[An] insistent and gripping thriller.”—The Star-Ledger
“A finely crafted, pulse-racing thriller that readers won’t wantto put down.”—Library Journal
FROM AUDIOFILE
With a number of positions as a medical examiner behind her in previous novels, Kay Scarpetta now serves as a CNN analyst and does pro bono work for the ME’s office in New York City. When the murder of a Central Park jogger is linked to the disappearance of a wealthy financier, Scarpetta begins to connect the dots. Narrator Kate Reading adds intensity with her multilayered characterizations of all four major players--Scarpetta; her husband, Benton, a forensic psychologist; her niece, Lucy, a computer geek, and her friend and associate, Marino, a tough cop. Darker than previous Scarpetta novels, this installment is encumbered by extensive narrative passages in which the only action is psychological. The point of view shifts among the primary players, and Reading adds appeal by delivering each section in a subtle version of the narrating character’s voice. N.M.C. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Patricia Cornwell is the former Director of Applied Forensic Science at the National Forensic Academy, and a member of the Harvard—affiliated McLean Hospital’s National Council, where she is an advocate for psychiatric research. She is the 2008 winner of the Galaxy British Book Awards’ Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year award —the first American ever to win this prestigious award. She is the author of sixteen previous Scarpetta novels, five non-Scarpettas (including At Risk), and Portrait of a Killer. Her earlier works include Postmortem— the only novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure in a single year—and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain’s Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author.
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.
REVIEW
Praise for The Scarpetta Factor
“[An] insistent and gripping thriller.”—The Star-Ledger
“A finely crafted, pulse-racing thriller that readers won’t wantto put down.”—Library Journal
FROM AUDIOFILE
With a number of positions as a medical examiner behind her in previous novels, Kay Scarpetta now serves as a CNN analyst and does pro bono work for the ME’s office in New York City. When the murder of a Central Park jogger is linked to the disappearance of a wealthy financier, Scarpetta begins to connect the dots. Narrator Kate Reading adds intensity with her multilayered characterizations of all four major players--Scarpetta; her husband, Benton, a forensic psychologist; her niece, Lucy, a computer geek, and her friend and associate, Marino, a tough cop. Darker than previous Scarpetta novels, this installment is encumbered by extensive narrative passages in which the only action is psychological. The point of view shifts among the primary players, and Reading adds appeal by delivering each section in a subtle version of the narrating character’s voice. N.M.C. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Patricia Cornwell is the former Director of Applied Forensic Science at the National Forensic Academy, and a member of the Harvard—affiliated McLean Hospital’s National Council, where she is an advocate for psychiatric research. She is the 2008 winner of the Galaxy British Book Awards’ Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year award —the first American ever to win this prestigious award. She is the author of sixteen previous Scarpetta novels, five non-Scarpettas (including At Risk), and Portrait of a Killer. Her earlier works include Postmortem— the only novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure in a single year—and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain’s Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author.
Author:
Patricia Cornwell
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Publisher:
Berkley
Barcode:
9780751538762
Country:
United States
Publication Date:
2009-09-01
Number of Copies:
1
Automatic Estimated Value:
~£2.81
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-03-23
Date Added:
2018-06-26 15:51:49
