Point of Origin - Patricia Cornwell Reviews

Patricia Cornwall returns with another great novel. Kay Scarpetta returns with a new laboratory and a new case. A Building has been burnt to the ground and a body has been found in the bathroom. But, what has happened?? well Scarpetta teams up with her boyfriend benton, neice lucy, her cop friend and a woman from ATF which leads her ...

I have read many many titles in the Dr Kay Scarpetta series. All which have kept me gripped, however this one is by far the best! We once again see the psychotic Carrie Grethen appear, and plan her revenge on Scarpetta and her loved ones, namely Lucy, Benton and Marino. This book was so gripping, I could not put it down, and ...

I have always loved Patricia Cornwell's writing and her books. She is a sharp woman with great writing skills, and her knowledge of forensic science is certainly part of the reason people come back to read her again and again. This book was extremely depressing, more than frigtening because we've been through these same things with ...

This was the first Patricia Cornwell book I ever read, and it had me hooked in a matter of minutes. I was instantly drawn in - I felt I knew the characters, and needed to know what happened to them. That is the key to Cornwell's writing. The range of characters, all of whom develop convincingly, and make you want to know them. The book is a ...

I've read all of Cornwell's books up to this one, and I found this sad, sad, sad -- as well as wonderfully done. As usual, Cornwell's characters are so real the reader feels like we know them personally. In Point of Origin, Cornwell gives the morbidly curious her usual dose of the gross but very real aspect of death. ...