Scarpetta (Kay Scarpetta Series #16)
by Patricia Cornwell
At the start of bestseller Cornwell's plodding 16th thriller to feature Dr. Kay Scarpetta (after Book of the Dead), the forensic pathologist-who recently relocated to Belmont, Mass., with her forensic psychologist husband-is called to Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital for reasons that don't become clear until she gets there. Oscar Bane, who voluntarily committed himself to Bellevue while denying he brutally murdered his girlfriend, refuses to speak to anyone except the high-profile Scarpetta. Bane, Scarpetta discovers, is obsessed with her. Meanwhile, someone masquerading as Scarpetta is lurking in cyberspace and supplying an online gossip site with dirty secrets about the doctor. For help on the murder case, Scarpetta turns to her computer whiz niece and a macho former colleague whose shocking actions in Book of the Dead severely damaged his relationship with Scarpetta. With a plot full of holes and frustrating red herrings, this entry falls short of the high standard set by earlier volumes in this iconic series.
-Pulishers Weekly
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-The Library Dragon
Devil Bones (Temperance Brennan Series #11) by Kathy Reichs
Dr. Temperance Brennan's quest to identify two corpses pits her against citizen vigilantes intent on a witch-hunt in bestseller Reichs's exciting 11th thriller to feature the forensic anthropologist (after 2007's Bones to Ashes). While working in Charlotte, N.C., Brennan investigates remains unearthed during a housing renovation and discovers disturbing clues possibly pointing to voodoo or Santeria. She must determine if the bones, including the skull of a teenage girl, are linked to an unidentified headless torso found in a nearby lake. Intent on using the deaths as the cornerstone of his crusade against immorality, fundamentalist preacher turned politician Boyce Lingo claims that the bodies bear the mark of devil worshippers. With the help of Det. Erskine "Skinny" Slidell, Brennan unearths a tangled web of dirty politics, religious persecution and male prostitution. Reichs, whose work inspired the hit TV series Bones, once again expertly blends science and complex character development. (Aug.)
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This is the first book by Kathy Reichs that I have read and I was pleasantly surprised by it. I had in my mind the characters from the TV show, Bones, which is based on these books. I discovered that the TV series is very, very, very loosely based in them. I think that was a good thing because the books are much more serious and complex. Most of the TV characters aren’t’ even found in this book.
It didn’t seem to mater that I had started with the 11th book in the series either. I enjoy this book, it was a good forensic thriller and if you like books by Tess Gerritsen or Patricia Cornwell, you’ll enjoy this one as well.
-The Library Dragon
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The Fifth Vial by Michael Palmer
Palmer’s latest medical thriller comes right out of the headlines, people kidnapped to have their organs stolen. So what do Harvard medical student Natalie Reyes, Chicago PI Ben Callahan and scientific genius Joe Anson—have in common? Natalie, while in Brazil, is attacked, hospitalized and loses a lung; Ben is hired to discover what happened to mutilated anonymous body; Joe, the inventor of an untested medical breakthrough, is forced into an operation for a life-threatening condition. All three look for answers connected to the Whitestone Foundation, a conglomerate that's a front for the Guardians, a secret cabal of medical specialists. If you’re a fan of Robin Cook’s books then you will love Palmer as well. His books are fast paced and full of twist and turns that will keep you reading.
-The Library Dragon
Newly widowed, Dr. Claire Elliot moves her teenage son to a small town in hopes rebuilding their future. When her son starts displaying out-of-character behavior, Claire soon discovers that every 50 years, when the summers are hot and the rain is heavy, the town suffers from an epidemic of teen violence. Determined to explain this phenomena scientifically, Claire launches an investigation to find answers.
This is the first novel I’ve read by Gerritsen and I would definitely read some of her medical thrillers. Bloodstream was an enjoyable, hard-to-put-down, unpredictable read.
The Rogue Reader
