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Body of Evidence (2004)

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0743493915 (ISBN13: 9780743493918)
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Body Of Evidence (2004) - Plot & Excerpts

Cornwell brings Dr. Kay Scarpetta back in the critically acclaimed series to test her wiles in a new and disturbing manner. When a murdered author is found in her home, investigators are left with little to know insight, which bothers Scarpetta almost as much as the slaying itself. Questions grow exponentially while answers remain deftly hidden behind layers of the victim’s past. Scarpetta and the police being piecing things together, discovering a deeper back story related to her current piece of work and a collection of letters she wrote to a mysterious ‘M’. After a related murder, Scarpetta realises there is more to the story than meets the eye. When an old flame resurfaces, he could be the key to putting it all together or the impediment that the killer needs to make a clean getaway. As things begin to come together on one level, they unravel before Scarpetta can make sense of all the gathered evidence. Will the killer slide back into obscurity before being called out to face justice? A brilliant, thought-provoking novel that will lead fans of the genre begging for more. Great character back story strengthens the foundation of both the novel and the series, still in its infancy.Cornwell does a fabulous job with all aspects of the novel. I must keep reminding myself that she forged the way in the genre, where characters such as Tempe Brennan and Megan Hunt followed suit with their own medical sleuthing. Scarpetta does defy the modern female protagonist with her crass perspective and vices galore. A great series for Reichs’ fans to try, while waiting for the next novel. Sure not to disappoint the reader who keeps an open mind. Any fan loving a great murder mystery with a hands-on medical professional will surely eat this up.Kudos, Madam Cornwell. I am a fan and cannot get enough of these books.

I think it is not as good as other Scarpetta novels. The plot is somewhat loose and compressed only at the end. There is not much thrill reading this one, less gore, too much drama and quite uninteresting characters, especially the killer. A schizophrenic killer, with childhood troubles is frankly common. Though most murderers are loose in the head, writers of this genre must make the person interesting and amuse the readers on the workings of a criminally insane mind as Cornwell has done in her other books; in this one her characterization of the killer fell flat.One thing I am starting to feel as a reader of this series (though I did not read the books in order) is that the focus on Kay Scarpetta has become somewhat tiring. Somehow she ends up always at the center of everything that happens, even the killings turn out to involve her personally; it is always about her. It may be understandable as she is, after all, the hero, the protagonist of this series, but it maybe good to give her a break and make the character see that not everything is about her. A little less focus on the hero perhaps and more on the killers, victims and the amazing technical details will probably help refresh the readers of the wonderful complexity and excitement expected from books in this genre.

What do You think about Body Of Evidence (2004)?

Depois da leitura deste segundo volume da série policial com a médica legista Kay Scarpetta, já assimilei a fórmula Cornwell. Pode ser por este ser apenas o segundo volume, mas não me parece que a autora irá fugir do seu estilo de policial nos próximos enredos, mas cá estarei para o confirmar.Patricia Cornwell, em "Corpo de Delito", mostra-nos que os crimes, a maioria das vezes estão ligados entre teias intrincadas de vários acontecimentos em efeito dominó. Tudo começa com o assassínio de uma escritora apavorada por andar a ser perseguida, morrendo quando abre a porta ao seu assassino.O facto de haver uma fórmula não significa que o livro é mau ou que é previsível do tipo sei-logo-quem-é-o-assassino mas, porque, mais uma vez, o crime se envolve na vida da médica legista e se envolve no passado de Scarpetta. A investigação que ela faz nunca é totalmente imparcial e nunca é fria o suficiente para o ser. Chega, no entanto, a ser um ponto positivo, uma vez que nos mostra que ela é, para além de policial, um ser humano.Mas agradou-me todo o desenvolvimento da trama e o modo como a autora nos leva atrás de Scarpetta na busca do assassino. Toda a investigação policial e as técnicas forenses, bem patentes no livro, despertam a curiosidade no leitor e incentivam a virar a página. Quem venham os próximos!
—Andreia Silva

It had been a while since I read Post Mortem but the characters still felt like friends. Marino had grown on me quite a bit in the course of PM but in Body of Evidence I did find it quite hard to like him at times. His grammar is so rough and his views quite black and white but I do think this is supposed to be a part of his charm. You know where you are with Marino. I loved Body of Evidence it was gripping and had a great plot and good pace. Plenty of heart stopping moments which had me on the edge of my seat, almost turning pages faster than I could read them! Another great instalment in the Kay Scarpetta series.
—Hannah

The heroine is Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the Chief Medical Examiner in Virginia. Oh, no, you say, another Ouincv. Wrong, corpse-breath. Scarpetta is intelligent, short, (we don't know whether she is attractive or not, a relief) and she doesn't swoon over each drooling Sylvester Stallone imitation that happens by. (That's something I've always wondered about: How does Travis McGee, the blue-Rolls-Royce-truck-driving hero of John MacDonald's colored-titled novels avoid AIDS, since he seems to have the self-restraint of a male nymphomaniac? Anyway, Scarpetta is investigating the murder of a well-known novelist who has returned from the Florida Keys where she has been hiding from someone who keeps threatening to kill her. The night of her return she inexplicably opens the door to the murderer who does just that. The plot thickens as her former boyfriend, a lawyer, appears on the scene worried about her safety and to prevent her (he says) from crossing swords with a crooked entertainment lawyer (redundancy?) who desperately wants the victim's last manuscript. The book is filled with fascinating detail such as the difference between dextromethorphan and levomethorpan which has to do with right and left and why one is legal and the other not. Enough about the plot.
—Eric_W

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