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Body of Evidence | 
enlarge | Author: Patricia Cornwell Creator: Elizabeth Mcgovern Publisher: HarperCollins Audio Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating: 13 reviews Sales Rank: 446675
Format: Audiobook Media: Audio Cassette Edition: Abridged Ed Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3 Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 4.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0001048988 EAN: 9780001048980 ASIN: 0001048988
Publication Date: February 20, 1995 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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even more disappointing than the first June 22, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having read Post Mortem and picked up more mistakes in sloppy writing than I care to think about (as both writer and editor) I hoped for better from a second attempt at crime writing from Ms Cornwell. Unfortunately, the only reason I could find for the 'Head-under-the-bedclothes tension' quote from The Times was how long the sorry saga could be dragged out. Chapter 1, line 1. Returning the Key West letters to their manilla folder, I got out a packet of surgical gloves - exactly the sort of writing I complained of in book 1. Ms Cornwell needs to learn the word 'After' as in "After I returned the Key West letters to their manilla folder" as it is impossible to do the two things simultaneously. And we have these dreadful coincidences going on again. She needs to stay over at Harper's house to find the other dead body so we have an oh-so-convenient flat battery. But how? Why? She started the car to get there! A single line 'damn, I had left the lights on and drained the battery' would have sufficed and it would have taken her as long as it just took me to type that line, a few seconds. Reading fiction means we are asked to suspend belief. But there is only so far a reader can be asked to suspend belief, a touch of realism goes a long way, as in explaining in one line why a battery which was perfect when she left home should die in a few hours. Contrived, convoluted, and ultimately dull to the point when I could not be bothered to find out why Mark was in her life or who killed the novelists. I won't be reading any more of Ms Cornwell's books.
A bit of a slow starter June 14, 2008 this year I decided to start Cornwell's Dr. Kay Scarpetta series. I had high hopes for her first 'postmortem' and was frankly, a bit let down. I think this second attempt is much better than post mortem but is a tad slow to get goin and I also thought it was all a bit confusing at times. That said there are some moments of really high tension and suspense and an introduces some interesting new characters that really make me want to go out and get the 3rd in the series.
Tension Galore January 7, 2008 I didn't think I'd ever be saying this about a police procedural with a female protagonist, but I actually enjoy the romance between Kay Scarpetta and Mark James. Cornwell is the absolute best at making her characters real.
When a reclusive writer is brutally stabbed to death after being denied police protection, Dr. Scarpetta gets on the case. However is she on the trail of the killer or is the killer of the killer or is the killer on her trail?
There is tension galore in this book, however, I was a little disappointed in the ending, because I didn't think we were given enough clues to figure out who the killer was. I sort of felt, you know, cheated, as I'd spent so much time thinking about the clues that didn't point to the bad guy at all, so overall I guess I have to give this book four stars.
Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
Top Marks!! March 21, 2006 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this book!! I have passed it on to all my colleagues and they've all said they've loved it too!! Some of them have never read a Patricia Cornwell book before and I think they'll definitely be reading more of her work! If you like Martina Cole, I think you'll love Patricia Cornwell.
Thoughts on Body of Evidence November 28, 2005 4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have just finished reading Body of Evidence, having previously read Post-Mortem. Once again Dr Kay Scarpetta finds herself the target of a dangerous psychopath. Overall, the plot is good although it does get lost in a couple of occassions. I do, however, feel that the book is let down by the out of date, unnecessary and, frankly, offensive comments in relation to homosexuality/AIDS. I'm glad that attitudes have changed since this book was written.
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