The Last Precinct, Patricia Cornwell
The Last Precinct, Patricia Cornwell
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The Last Precinct

Author: Patricia Cornwell

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 16 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/17/2015

Synopsis

The eleventh Scarpetta novel, in which the Chief Medical Examiner is under a Grand Jury investigation for murder. She knows she’s being framed and she no longer knows who she can trust…Physically and psychologically bruised by her encounter with the killer Chandonne, Dr Kay Scarpetta has to leave her home in the hands of the police team investigating the attack. She finds shelter with an old friend, Anna Zenner, but it is not the haven of security she needs when she discovers that Anna has been subpoenaed to appear before a Grand Jury which is investigating Scarpetta for murder. Kay knows she is being framed and she also knows she can trust no-one.Meanwhile it appears that Chandonne killed a woman in New York before his murderous spree in Virginia, but when Scarpetta looks more closely into that case with the NY prosecutor Jaime Berger, proof of his guilt is far from certain–in fact she begins to believe that he may not be the perpetrator of any of the crimes he is accused of. As she follows the forensic trail to the real killer she gradually realizes that someone has been spinning a web for years with the aim of entrapping her. Who is it, and why are they so desperate to be rid of her?

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 29, 2023

Book Review 4 out of 5 stars to The Last Precinct, the 11th book in the "Kay Scarpetta" mystery thriller series, written in 2000 by Patricia Cornwell. I really enjoyed this book as the complexity and the psychology of the killer was top-notch. Each chapter builds on the last, and in some......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on January 28, 2025

In this 11th book in the 'Kay Scarpetta' series, the medical examiner is dealing with a lot of personal problems while investigating several murders. The series is best read in order to avoid spoilers, but the book can be read as a standalone. ***** As the book opens Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Virginia's Chi......more

Goodreads review by Karla on March 10, 2024

Re Read March 2024 Story 4 stars** Audio 3.75 stars** Narrator Kate Reading......more

Goodreads review by Jacob on September 07, 2019

Pretty bad in a lot of ways, yet I continue to enjoy this series. The bad: - Marino is becoming more of a raging asshole then he is growing as a character/person - This was less of a procedural than trying to tie up all of the ridiculousness from the last book... and after all those pages, looks like......more

Goodreads review by Baba on March 03, 2020

Kay Scarpetta 11: The aftermath of the last book leaves Scarpetta battered and bruised on many levels, and the ensuing investigation means she has to leave her home. A well plotted and high impact read that relies on the reader having read the previous books in the series with significant changes ha......more

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