The Bone Bed, Patricia Cornwell
The Bone Bed, Patricia Cornwell
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The Bone Bed

Author: Patricia Cornwell

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 12 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/15/2023


Synopsis

From one of the world’s top selling crime writers comes the extraordinary twentieth Kay Scarpetta novel.

A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. She has no idea why.

But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins to suspect that the paleontologist’s disappearance is connected to a series of crimes much closer to home: a gruesome murder, inexplicable tortures, and trace evidence from the last living creatures of the dinosaur age.

When she turns to those around her, Scarpetta finds that the danger and suspicion have penetrated even her closest circles. Her niece Lucy speaks in riddles. Her lead investigator, Pete Marino, and FBI forensic psychologist and husband, Benton Wesley, have secrets of their own.
Feeling alone and betrayed, Scarpetta is tempted by someone from her past as she tracks a killer both cunning and cruel.

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 Deb on October 24, 2012

Dear Patricia Cornwell, I swear this is the last book of yours I will read. You had 463 pages of which you filled too much with your petty disagreements with your husband, niece and chief investigator. If these people are making your life as miserable as they are mine, divorce/fire/tell them to go to......more

Goodreads review by Elise on September 10, 2016

What can I say about Scarpetta number twenty? I didn't dislike the book, but in my opinion, Cornwell has yet to produce a follow-up book that is in anyway comparable to the quality of her first six to eight books. This review does contain a few mild spoilers! Before I air my complaints, I will give c......more

Goodreads review by James on January 31, 2019

After a five-year absence, I decided to catch up on the Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell. I read the 19th book last month and now I've just finished the 20th book, The Bone Bed. If this were a standalone book, I'd be totally thrilled... but after finishing two within a month, I know why I s......more

Goodreads review by Karla on May 03, 2024

Re Read May 2024 Audio 4 stars** Narrator Kate Reading 3.75 stars** Another intriguing Kay Scarpetta installment that enjoyed! I can’t believe I’ve been reading this series for so long it sure has come along way, especially the relationship between the MC. So this series has been pretty much the sam......more

Goodreads review by Dawn on November 01, 2012

i haven't finished yet but I should really just stop buying these books. I was convinced that (at least 5?) some books ago she changed her writing style and it totally turned me off. Then I felt like a few books ago (2?) she changed back to normal. Yet, I feel her characters have just gone off the d......more