Trace, Patricia Cornwell
Trace, Patricia Cornwell
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Trace

Author: Patricia Cornwell

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 12 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/28/2023


Synopsis

Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago.

Richmond, Virginia’s recently appointed chief medical examiner claims that he needs Scarpetta’s help to solve a perplexing crime. When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds that nothing is as she expected: her former lab is in the final stages of demolition; the inept chief
isn’t the one who requested her after all; her old assistant chief has developed personal problems that he won’t reveal; and a glamorous FBI agent, whom Scarpetta dislikes instantly, meddles with the case.

Deprived of assistance from colleagues Benton and Lucy, who are embroiled in what first appears to be an unrelated attempted rape by a stalker, Scarpetta is faced with investigating the death of a fourteen-year-old girl, working with the smallest pieces of evidence—traces
that only the most thorough hunters can identify. She must follow the twisting leads and track the strange details in order to make the dead speak—and to reveal the sad truth that may be more than even she can bear …

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 3.5 of 5 stars to Trace, the 13th book in the Kay Scarpetta thriller series, written in 2004 by Patricia Cornwell. Trace is midway in the series which has about 25 books as of 2017 when I'm finally writing this review! I'm trying to catch up on all my favorite series, finish w......more

Goodreads review by Karla on March 24, 2024

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

Goodreads review by Mohamed on April 23, 2025

Another novel in the Kay Scrpetta series, this was the first serialized novel series I started, and it gave me a lot of information about medical examinations and how to process evidence, I continue to enjoy it through the years... MiM......more

Goodreads review by Kate on April 29, 2022

What? Painful. This book is eye roll soup. She actually said "and I'm also a lawyer!" Lucy is a trainwreck. TWO of Scarpetta's coworkers (past and present) are out to get her. Hmm... maybe there's a pattern. I took notes while I read but I'm not promising a review. *****UPDATE****** Still not a review,......more

Goodreads review by Baba on March 06, 2020

Kay Scarpetta #13: The now freelance team of The Last Precinct, sees the series continue to be in a better position. This volume sees the team investigating a serial killer who's primary target is one of the team! 5 out of 12.......more