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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100425261360

ISBN-139780425261361

eBay Product ID (ePID)117240329

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Book TitleBone Bed

Number of Pages496 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicThrillers / Suspense, Medical, Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Thrillers / Medical

Publication Year2013

GenreFiction

AuthorPatricia Cornwell

Book SeriesScarpetta Ser.

FormatMass Market

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight10.4 Oz

Item Length7.4 in

Item Width4.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"The tight plot keeps a local focus, the disconnected deaths are neatly tied together . . . and there are plenty of stomach-churning autopsies performed with cutting-edge equipment." -- The New York Times Book Review "An ingenious murder method, more hours in the mortuary and forensics lab than usual, an uncharacteristically muffled killer, and all the trademark battles among the regulars and every potential ally who gets in their way." -- Kirkus Reviews "The story is nail-bitingly violent and suspenseful, and it highlights Scarpetta's signature survival instinct, brilliant logic and attention to personal relationships." -- The City Paper (Nashville, TN), "The tight plot keeps a local focus, the disconnected deaths are neatly tied together...and there are plenty of stomach-churning autopsies performed with cutting-edge equipment." The New York Times Book Review "An ingenious murder method, more hours in the mortuary and forensics lab than usual, an uncharacteristically muffled killer, and all the trademark battles among the regulars and every potential ally who gets in their way." Kirkus Reviews "The story is nail-bitingly violent and suspenseful, and it highlights Scarpetta's signature survival instinct, brilliant logic and attention to personal relationships." The City Paper (Nashville, TN), "The tight plot keeps a local focus, the disconnected deaths are neatly tied togetherâ€¦and there are plenty of stomach-churning autopsies performed with cutting-Âedge equipment."- The New York Times Book Review "An ingenious murder method, more hours in the mortuary and forensics lab than usual, an uncharacteristically muffled killer, and all the trademark battles among the regulars and every potential ally who gets in their way."- Kirkus Reviews "The story is nail-bitingly violent and suspenseful, and it highlights Scarpetta's signature survival instinct, brilliant logic and attention to personal relationships."- The City Paper (Nashville, TN)

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Series Volume Number20

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisDr. Kay Scarpetta's investigation takes her to the prehistoric age--and alarmingly close to home--in this "nail-bitingly . . . suspenseful" ( The City Paper ) thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. IN DEVELOPMENT AS THE ORIGINAL SERIES SCARPETTA STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN AND JAMIE LEE CURTIS 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., 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.

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by fleurdelis1
25 Apr, 2019
Have not read it yet, but am sure I'll like it as I've read her other Scarpetta series.
I have not read it. I love the Scarpetta books and have read all or most of them. Just bought this to have for vacation reading.
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by pearl_us2014
15 Nov, 2015
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