Flesh and Blood
By Patricia Cornwell
- Release Date: 2014-11-11
- Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Description
In this Kay Scarpetta novel, the master forensic sleuth finds herself in the unsettling pursuit of a serial sniper who leaves no incriminating evidence except fragments of copper.
It’s Dr. Kay Scarpetta’s birthday, and she’s about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their Cambridge house. Is this a kids’ game? If so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny they could be newly minted? Her cellphone rings, and Detective Pete Marino tells her there’s been a homicide five minutes away. A high school music teacher has been shot with uncanny precision as he unloaded groceries from his car. No one has heard or seen a thing.
The shots seem impossible, yet they are so perfect they cause instant death. The victims appear to have had nothing in common, and there is no pattern to indicate where the killer will strike next. First New Jersey, then Massachusetts, and then the murky depths off the coast of South Florida, where Scarpetta investigates a shipwreck, looking for answers that only she can discover and analyze. And it is there that she comes face to face with shocking evidence that implicates her techno genius niece, Lucy, Scarpetta’s own flesh and blood.
Reviews
Flesh and Blood
5By kathywamsleyReally good book always enjoyed this author. Thanks kFlesh and Blood
5By nannieboScarpetta is always an excellent read. Less medical details than most which always adds to the realism but another good and “don’t want to put the book down.”Benton is NOT a Pendergast!
1By Loy5225It seems as though Ms Cornwell has been reading a lot of Lincoln & Child and trying to turn Benton into her version of an Agent Pendergast. It’s an epic fail and she should stop. Stick to what you know, forensic science, and stay out of L&C’s lane.Flesh and Blood
1By HistringBoring, it skipped around so much it was hard to follow. Disappointing ending and the last word made no sense.Flesh and Blood
5By HomegirlieExcellent book- quick reader!Flesh and Blood
5By Buffy71Very good book. Can't wait for the next one !!!Grey
3By Luv's to ReadI hate to admit it was kinda boring and disappointing!Flesh and Blood
1By Pecos54Horrible. The plot never developed. Lousy ending. My very last Cornwell book.Compelling
5By Jemille786In one word this is what I think of Patricia Cornwell's writing generically speaking. I have read all of her novels starting in 1997 on a by-chance suggestion. Thank you Patti C for your compelling work!Flesh and Blood
1By XyzygyEasily one of the worst books in the Scarpetta series. Avoid it!!Flesh And Blood
5By Tabatha85Page turner with mind blowing plot twists.Just boring
2By WladjaToo many repeated ideas, yawn.Flesh and blood
5By AghsjGreat book!One of my favorite authors
5By CharliismeI love how smart and strong and vulnerable her main women characters are. I highly recommend Patricia Cornwell's books. That said, I sometimes get tired of the relationship between Kay and Marino. As much as I like both characters I find myself sometimes wishing that Marino would get knocked off so we don't have to spend so much time on his character defaults. I would like more of Benton and Kay's niece Lucy to be featured in the books. I also would love it if Benton and Lucy got their own books featuring them and what goes on in their heads. I am eagerly awaiting the next book! Thank you Patricia Cornwell for your great writing.Flesh and blood
3By Langley PlWas not expecting this ending. could be done right and then go on to the next book. Then I might read another book by this author it has happened before and have just started reading again thinking the next book would would be different. Not doing any more books by this author any time soon. Maybe five yearsHow could she do it?
3By Dee SterSorry, but Stephen King did the same thing in the Dark Tower Series...go on, leave us hanging like the end of a chapter (instead of the end of the book). I'm disappointed- it's so incomplete and I'm sure to be continued....but why not at least resolve at least one thing?Just ok
3By LisahqNot sure why I keep reading her books. This was like the last few - just ok.Flesh and blood
2By Sidonie321This is not up to Cornwall's normal standard. The entire book is a set up for her next book. It does an ok job of setting up a dilemna, but then ends as the reader meets the cause of the problems. Nothing is resolved, leaving the reader flat and i guess "wanting" to read her next book to see how it gets resolved. Boring. If all future books become a precursor set of chapters for future books, i will likely stop purchasing. Still believe this genre of books should have beginnings, middles and endings. No problem with subplots, but thats where they should stay --sub/secondary- not primary.Flesh and Blood
2By Peg1gyThere is just too much talking about too many people. I got lost in the conversations and then lost interest. I like this series but find it hard to follow.
