Port Mortuary, Patricia Cornwell
Port Mortuary, Patricia Cornwell
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Port Mortuary

Author: Patricia Cornwell

Narrator: Kate Burton

Unabridged: 12 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/13/2023

Synopsis

The world’s bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell presents the extraordinary eighteenth novel in the Kay Scarpetta series, in which Kay Scarpetta is confronted with a case that could ruin her professionally and personally.

Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of "virtual autopsy"—a groundbreaking procedure that could soon revolutionize forensic science. And it is not too long before these new skills urgently need to be put into practice. A young man drops dead, apparently
from a heart condition, eerily close to Scarpetta’s home. But when his body is examined the next morning, there are stunning indications that he may have been alive when he was zipped inside a pouch and locked in the cooler.

When the revolutionary 3-D radiology scans reveal more shocking details about internal injuries unlike any Scarpetta has ever seen, she realizes that this is a case of murder—and that she is fighting a cunning and uniquely cruel enemy. Now it is a race against time to discover who and why before
more people die. But that time is running out …

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 James on April 30, 2023

Book Review 3 of 5 stars to Port Mortuary, the 18th book in the Kay Scarpetta thriller series, written by Patricia Cornwell and published in 2010. This was the last Scarpetta book I read, as I then took a hiatus I've yet to come back from. I thought this was a decent book in the series, b......more

Goodreads review by Karla on April 19, 2024

Re read April 2024 Story 4 stars** Audio 3.5 stars** Narrator Kate Burton......more

Goodreads review by John on April 18, 2022

SPOILERS AHEAD It’s been a while since I read a Scarpetta novel. I enjoyed the second half more than the first half. The story revolves around Kay rushing back to investigate a possible death of someone who might not have been dead when put into her morgue freezer. She has been working several month......more

Goodreads review by Dave on August 12, 2011

The latest in quite a long series of Kay Scarpetta books. For me Patricia Cornwell has lost her way with the series. There seems to be much more concentration on the relationships of the characters than in the plot, although this one is certainly better then the previous two so maybe she's finding h......more

Goodreads review by Angie on July 30, 2011

I think this book should have been titled "Port Mortuary: The Confusing and Pitiful Tale of Poor, Miserable Kay." Does anyone know - is Patricia Cornwell hosting a pity party or something? Have mercy! This book was more pages of "woe is me, my life sucks, waaaaah" than anything I think I've ever rea......more

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