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Postmortem

By Patricia Cornwell

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| Paperback | 9780751530438

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Postmortem

Una delle prime cose che si esaminano è il contenuto gastrico. Lo stato di shock e il pericolo imminente fanno sì che la digestione si blocchi, e ciò permette al medico legale di stabilire molti punti fermi. Niente di strano, è un meccanismo di difes ... (read full critics)

mangialibri published on Fri, 17 Feb 2012

Postmortem

La trama e le recensioni di Postmortem, romanzo di Patricia Cornwell edito da Mondadori. Un serial killer è in azione nella città di Richmond: già tre donne sono morte, violentate e strangolate nelle loro camere da letto. Nulla le accomuna, l'omicida ... (read full critics)

Qlibri published on Sat, 27 Nov 2010

4 Reviews

I've been missing out...

Well haven't I been missing out by not reading any Cornwell books. This was an extremely good crime thriller. I'd go so far as to say it was one of the best I've ever read even.
Kay Scarpetta is a really solid decent character and you instantly warm to her from the beginning. I especially loved th ... (continue)

Well haven't I been missing out by not reading any Cornwell books. This was an extremely good crime thriller. I'd go so far as to say it was one of the best I've ever read even.
Kay Scarpetta is a really solid decent character and you instantly warm to her from the beginning. I especially loved the parts with her and Lucy as it really showed the normal, human side to her. I also really loved Marino even though I don't think we, as readers, were supposed to as Kay really hates him but I think he was a really good, tough-guy cop character and I enjoyed all the parts with him in them.
The plotline is good with a really evil, sadistic killer on the loose and Kay and the rest of the team are on the hunt for him. I loved the way throughout the book the author has us suspecting all the different characters as the killer. I think at one point I thought about it being nearly every character in the book but then something would happen and you'd start to doubt yourself again.
The only flaw with the book and it really isn't anything that could have been improved as it was beyond the author's control but because it was written in the early nineties it's way behind in terms of the technology of today which can be a bit frustrating for the reader. For instance there is limited trust put in DNA evidence which as we all know from shows such as CSI and the like is the most indisputable bit of evidence that can be found at a crime scene. I found it mildly frustrating but I also found it really interesting to read a book written so long ago that you could see how they used to catch people old-school style! Great book will be investing in future installments in the Scarpetta Series.

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Lauraolsthoorn said on Feb 29, 2012 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

A woman has been atrociously raped and killed. Suspects soon fall on his husband (the sidekick Marino is deeply convinced). Too obvious to be real: life seems to be more complicated and intrepid Dr. Scarpetta accompanies us into the thrilling search of the final truth. Many other suspects follow on ... (continue)

A woman has been atrociously raped and killed. Suspects soon fall on his husband (the sidekick Marino is deeply convinced). Too obvious to be real: life seems to be more complicated and intrepid Dr. Scarpetta accompanies us into the thrilling search of the final truth. Many other suspects follow on the stage, but (obviously), the truth raises only at the very final pages.
Probably this book has had a lot of imitations in the decade it appeared

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Albe said on Dec 19, 2011 | Add your feedback

First and last book from P. Cronwell

Not my kind of novel. There has been no investigation at all; too much indulgence on deathly details. A very slow version of CSI. It took me a whole month and a good measure of good will to finish it.

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Clara Mazzi said on May 1, 2010 | Add your feedback

I love Kay Scarpetta. On the other hand, this book moves a little slowly. And there are so many characters with horrible names to keep track of! I got this as a gift and I loved it, but I probably wouldn't have picked it up for myself.

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makeawishserena said on May 1, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback