Black Notice, Patricia Cornwell
Black Notice, Patricia Cornwell
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Black Notice

Author: Patricia Cornwell

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 12 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/17/2015

Synopsis

Following the post mortem of a stowaway which reveals neither cause of death nor identity, Dr Kay Scarpetta travels to Paris in search of information. In Paris she is given a secret mission, a mission which could ruin her career.

About Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell is a Miami born, contemporary crime novelist. Her books usually feature the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, who is a medical examiner. After a way sad childhood, Cornwall graduated from Davidson College with a degree in English. She wrote a biography of a family friend entitled, “A Time for Remembering”, then renamed “Ruth, A Portrait: The Story of Ruth Bell Graham” in 1983. After working in a Virginia medical examiners for six years, she wrote the first installment of her “Scarpetta” series entitled “Postmortem”. Her six year job was valuable in including a lot of forensic science details in her “Scarpetta” series. Her novels are considered to have influenced the creation of the TV series on forensics such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Cold Case. In the same vein Cornwell made a brief appearance on the Criminal Minds episode “True Genius”, as herself.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on December 14, 2023

Just an episode. Dr. Kay Scarpetta, obsessionally dedicates all her energies to her work as Chief Medical Examiner, without any kind of respite. Anything to keep her mind off the recent loss of Benton Wesley. Her so called life taking a turn when a deceased body arrives to the city in a sealed con......more

Goodreads review by James on April 29, 2023

Book Review 3.5 of 5 stars (rounded up due to the topic in the book) for Black Notice, the 10th book in the "Kay Scarpetta" thriller and suspense series, written in 1999 by Patricia Cornwell. For me, this was a transitional book in the series, not so much from good to bad, but in the term......more

Goodreads review by Amy on August 15, 2014

I'm starting to be disillusioned with the Scarpetta series. The characters are getting harder to like--including Kay Scarpetta herself--and the plots are just so-so. We have a bad guy, he kills a lot of people, Marino and Scarpetta go after him, Kay has a brief fling, the killer tries to kill Kay, t......more

Goodreads review by Karla on February 26, 2024

Story 3.75 stars**⬆️ Audio 4 stars** Narrator Kate Reading......more

Goodreads review by Scott on September 23, 2024

A shipping container in a Virginia shipyard contains a dead body. Painted inside are the words "Loup garou", which is French for "werewolf". Soon after, brutal---almost inhuman---attacks on women are happening in Richmond. Dr. Kay Scarpetta, as always, has her work cut out for her. Making her job mor......more

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