Autopsy
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
New York Times Bestseller
In this relaunch of the electrifying, landmark #1 bestselling thriller series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta hunts those responsible for two wildly divergent and chilling murders.
Forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta has come almost full circle, returning to Virginia, the state where she launched her storied career, as the chief medical examiner. Finding herself the new girl in town once again after being away for many years, she’s inherited both an overbearing secretary and a legacy of neglect and potential corruption.
She and her husband, Benton Wesley, now a forensic psychologist with the U.S. Secret Service, have relocated to Old Town Alexandria, where she’s headquartered five miles from the Pentagon in a post-pandemic world that’s been torn apart by civil and political unrest. After just weeks on the job, she’s called to a scene by railroad tracks—a woman’s body has been shockingly displayed, her throat cut down to the spine—and as Scarpetta begins to follow the trail, it leads unnervingly close to her own historic neighborhood.
At the same time, a catastrophe occurs in a top secret laboratory in outer space, endangering at least two scientists aboard. Appointed to the highly classified Doomsday Commission that specializes in sensitive national security cases, Scarpetta is summoned to the White House and tasked with finding out exactly what happened. But even as she remotely works the first potential crime scene in space, an apparent serial killer strikes again very close to home.
This latest novel in the groundbreaking Kay Scarpetta series captivates readers with the shocking twists, high-wire tension, and forensic detail that Patricia Cornwell is famous for, proving once again why she’s the world’s #1 bestselling crime writer.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
As this heart-pounding thriller reminds us, the most terrifying threats are often those that hit closest to home. Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the heroine of Patricia Cornwell’s long-running series, returns to Virginia to serve as the state’s chief medical examiner just as a serial killer starts terrorizing Richmond’s most quaint and unsuspecting neighborhoods. Soon, the talented and witty doctor is elbow-deep in one of the most complex, spine-chilling cases of her life. An expert in analyzing dead bodies, Kay has never been quite as good dealing with the living—and her investigation gets her in trouble with her slimy boss and the Pentagon’s top brass. This installment, delivered with pitch-perfect gravitas by veteran thriller narrator Susan Ericksen, is an intense listen that can be enjoyed by seasoned Scarpetta fans and newcomers. Autopsy is a chilling thriller full of deadly and unexpected twists.
Customer Reviews
Never Again
I’ve enjoyed all earlier Scarpetta novels immensely. This one not so much. First, the reader was poor, speaking lines in a robotic fashion. Regardless of the words she spoke, the emotion never changed - flat and uninformative as to the tension of the situation.
Second, the story went from a mildly interesting murder mystery to an outrageous, unbelievable and, frankly, uninteresting “War or the Worlds” theme. It was at that point that I abandoned the book.
I do not like the narrators voice. It’s awful to listen to. Also, it’s either too fast of too slow.
I don’t like the narrators voice. It’s very harsh. Ruins the book for me.
Horrible narration voice
I’ve been reading the Scarpetta series since I was 17. I fell in love with her and crime novels and 20+ years later, I still love her as much as that first book. However, I cannot, and I repeat… CANNOT stand this narrators voice. I think it makes Kay sound extremely old and almost weak, with the way the narrators voice sounds to me. There’s just something off about the voice… I don’t like how she narrates, and how slow she is at punctuation and pronunciation of certain words. I’ll have to check, but if this is the same narrator for the next one… I’m gonna have to read a hard cover just to get myself caught up in the series. The kids are finally old enough to let me enjoy a book anyways, haha. One star because the voice ruined the entire book for me.