The Bone Bed
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- £4.99
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
The twentieth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.
'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The Times
A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. She has no idea why.
But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins to suspect the paleontologist's disappearance is connected to a series of crimes much closer to home: a gruesome murder, inexplicable tortures, and trace evidence from the last living creatures of the dinosaur age.
When she turns to those around her, Scarpetta finds that the danger and suspicion have penetrated even her closest circles. Her niece Lucy speaks in riddles. Her lead investigator Pete Marino and FBI husband Benton Wesley have secrets of their own. Feeling alone and betrayed, Scarpetta is tempted by someone from her past as she tracks a killer both cunning and cruel.
Praise for the groundbreaking series:
'One of the best crime writers writing today' Guardian
'Devilishly clever' Sunday Times
'The top gun in this field' Daily Telegraph
'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' Mirror
'The Agatha Christie of the DNA age' Express
Customer Reviews
The Bone Bed
A 4D journey! Every detail described perfectly. I WAS totally there!
From the smell of the sea, to the bruise in the sky during the Thunder storm! My adrenalin took me on this journey with Kay Scarpetta.............on tho the next book 😁
The bone bed
One gets used to Cornwell’s lengthy procedural pages that set the scene for more action interspersed throughout but this book is all procedure with the only action at the end, hardly worth reading for such a short action ending.
Disappointing
Agree with the other low star ratings, I don’t know why you would call it the bone bed as it hardly featured and the body that was there would have been found lots sooner.