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Cause of Death

by Patricia Cornwell

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ISBN13: 9780425158616
ISBN10: 0425158616
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

This New Year's Eve marks the end of a life-and the beginning of a nightmare for Kay Scarpetta.

Review:

Fascinating, frightening ...Reaffirms that Cornwell is one of the best crime fiction authors working today. (Miami Herald)

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'A standout...Gripping reading...So hard to put down your arms will tingle with intimations of rigor mortis before you reach the smashing climax. (Newsday)'

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'Filled with suspense. (Cosmopolitan)'

Synopsis:

New Year's Eve and the final chapter of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War takes Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta 30 feet below the Elizabeth River's icy surface. Ted Eddings, an investigative reporter who was a favorite at the medical Examiner's office, has died while scuba diving. Was Eddings probing the frigid depths of the river for sunken trinkets or was he after a story.
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kygolfers637, May 2, 2008 (view all comments by kygolfers637)
One of Scarpetta’s favorite reporters is dead and she must investigate his death. Why was he in the river at the old Navy yard? Cornwell can give you all the forensics that most people do not have in their background. Here she takes you underwater to remove the body of the reporter. This is one of her better books. Read it, you will like it. By Ruth Thompson author of “The Bluegrass Dream” and “Natchez Above The River”

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780425158616
Author:
Cornwell, Patricia
Publisher:
Berkley
Author:
Marx
Author:
Cornwell, Patricia D.
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Virginia
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Series
Subject:
Detective and mystery stories
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
Subject:
Mystery & detective
Subject:
Women detectives
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Legal stories
Subject:
Scarpetta, kay (fictitious character)
Subject:
Medical novels
Subject:
Women detectives -- Virginia -- Fiction.
Subject:
Medical examiners
Subject:
Scarpetta, Kay
Subject:
Fiction-Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
Subject:
Fiction-Mystery & Detective - Series
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Suspense
Copyright:
1996
Edition Description:
Berkley
Publication Date:
20070102
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
6.76x4.19x1.01 in. .39 lbs.
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