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Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta Mysteries)

by Patricia Cornwell

Published: 2009-11-26
Kindle Edition : 448 pages

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Under cover of night in Richmond, Virginia, a human monster strikes, leaving a gruesome trail of stranglings that has paralyzed the city. Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta suspects the worst: a deliberate campaign by a brilliant serial killer whose signature offers precious few clues. With an unerring eye, she calls on the latest advances in forensic research to unmask the madman. But this investigation will test Kay like no other, because it's being sabotaged from within and someone wants her dead.

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The police dept was a big help to Scarpetta, but fought Brennan, did this help or hinder the stories, which was more believable?

Scarpetta and Brennan are both strong, independent women so why were they so easily curtailed by male characters or certain events?

The main theme for Postmortem was the serial killer. Was the political subtheme necessary for the plot line or superflous? What was the subtheme for Reich's book?

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Kay Scarpetta vs Tempe Brennan

by [email protected] (see profile) 11/11/17

Our club decided to compare the first novels from both Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs.

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by Donna B. (see profile) 11/11/17

I was engaged with the story within the first few pages. Some nights, I stayed up way to late reading it. Being set in 1990's, when we didn't have the Internet we do now and there were no cell phones... (read more)

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