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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9781416505402
ISBN number: 1416505407
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 416
Printing Date: October 25, 2005
Publishing house: Pocket
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'Killing me won't kill the beast' are the last words of rapist-murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell, written four days before his execution. But they can't explain how Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds Waddell's fingerprints on another crime scene -- after she'd performed his autopsy. If this is some sort of game, Scarpetta seems to be the target. And if the subsequent victim is someone she knows, the punishment will be cruel and unusual...
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The book was much better. The abridgement was too much and took too much away from the story so that you never got a sense of the characters. It was like they set out to make it a specific length and hacked away until they could just give you a plot synopsis. I gave the book ****.
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The characters are so wooden and there is so much innuendo as to whose relationship is with or to whom. My very first Scarpetta novel was "TRACE" so I wanted to go back and read and earlier one. A fan recommended this one. But I still found the characters not particularly likeable. I can't stand Lucy.
The plot was excellent and the forensic evidence pieces flawless. But there are so many holes and unconnected dots. And the whole plot changes from being about a killer, and who is killing these people and why to Scarpetta getting out of the accusations. I found the ending somewhat disappointing, not enough clear focus on Waddell and what exactly was going on there. All the focus was on the case against Scarpetta.
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I didn't find anything wrong with it at all. It was in great shape.
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Cornwell takes hold of your mind and does to let go until Scarpetta finds her solution. There is a horrible crime scene but it does produce some fingerprints. This is an easy case for Scarpetta until there is a match. It was a match to murderer that was executed before this murder. Read the book it is a good one. By Ruth Thompson author of "The Bluegrass Dream" and "Natchez Above The River"
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One of Cornwell's better books & I have read them all. This is the 4th book in the Scarpetta series (it's better to read them in order). This is the very first book to feature Temple Gault so should read this before you read Body Farm & From Potter's Field.
This book is a fast paced & should keep you flipping pages.
The ending was a bit of a disappointment - loose ends not resolved. However, I did like this book & it was nice that there is no love interest.
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