Unnatural Exposure - Patricia Cornwell Reviews

By now Dr Scarpetta is a familiar character (if you haven't read Patricia Cornwell's other books you should, but make sure you read them in the right order or you'll be ever so confused about Kay's love life and some cases stretch over a few books). She's still off the cigarettes, confused about Benton Wesley and worried about ...

Unnatural Exposure is superbly written. It is impossible not to admire Patricia Cornwell's depth of research in a whole number of fields - pathology, computers, weapons ballistics, forensics - the list goes on. And the writing style is finely balanced so that the introduction of her vast knowledge never seems unnecessary, but pushes the plot ...

As always this Patricia Cornwell book was very easy to get into and unputdownable once you'd started. The story follows on from Benton's death, with Skarpetta following up the usual deaths mixed with problems in the department. Although the story line was as intriguing as ever, the text was a bit stilted with the author refering to ...

Virginia Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has a bloody puzzle on her hands: five headless, limbless cadavers in Ireland, plus four similar victims in a landfill back home. Is a serial butcher loose in Virginia? But the butchered bodies are so many red herrings. Instead of a run-of-the-mill serial killer, we're dealing with a shadowy ...