Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11089 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10
• Released on: 2007-10-23
• Binding: Hardcover
• 400 pages

Daily Express
`...classic Cornwell territory...a sharp political element that will ensure the book isn't on George Bush's bedside table'

Heat
`Patricia Cornwell is the queen of gritty, grisly, crime fiction writing and her latest offering doesn't disappoint. Book of the Dead will keep you gripped throughout'

Daily Mirror
`Serving up an ace...Cornwell is firmly back on the money here.'

Customer Reviews

End of a series?
I am new to Patricia Cornwell and must say that the first Scarpetta novel I read had me gripped from beginning to end - in that one, Lucy was only a child. Book of the Dead is way down the line in terms of character development and clearly I need to read some of the intermediate stories to catch up, which is disappointing in a way because whilst linkage is necessary books should also be readable in isolation which is not possible with Book of the Dead as the reader is always left wondering about the untold details that are alluded to, such as Scarpetta's relationship with Benton. What is great about this novel is the level of detail into forensic matters. What is not so good is how the pace doesn't really pick up until the very end that the explanation is not convincing.

I will read the other Scarpetta novels but think that Ms Cornwell needs to consider whether the Scarpetta series needs to end with one final case that has depth, ties up ends and leaves the reader satiated.

This book is dead
Simply speaking it is a poor book. It took me so long to read it, unlike some of her earliest books which were excellent. A very disappointing effort from someone who has so much to give. Perhaps Ms Cornwell should bury this one!

No need to try now!
I agree with what so many other people are saying, I enjoyed her earlier books, but this was sheer gobbily gook!!I will buy no more of her books, I nearly threw it in the bin but perservered to the end, it was pure rubbish!