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Book of the Dead

By: Patricia Cornwell
Narrated by: Lorelei King
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The book of the dead is the morgue log in which all cases are entered. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning. She moves to South Carolina in the hope of a quieter life, but then a series of violent murders begins.

©2008 Cornwell Enterprises Inc (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Medical Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime

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I love Patricia Cornwell books however I found this was not one of her best. The story see'med rushed at the end in comparison to most of her other publications.
Narration was good.

Book of the dead

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Good book enjoyed the story Lorelie king always makes the story easy to listen to

Michelle

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As always a great thriller, story and narration. I have already uploaded the next books in the series. Thank you for great entertainment.

Love all books in the Series

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I sigh as I write this. I am hoping that the next novel doesn't have Pete in it but know it will. I am getting tired of his character and how Kay has no spine when it comes to him. I actually tire of Kay's immature, childish and high schoolish attitude towards Benton. I found myself yelling at Kay to stop acting like a child. This novel frustrated me at the end when Patricia Cornwell just *{SPOILER ALERT}* wham bam here's your murder in the last 2 chapters without so much as a thank you ma'am. I have nothing but praise for Lorelei King, the narrator for her excellent performance yet again.

I have to agree with the majority

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not boring and as always the narrator is exceptional one if not the most favourite narrator. am disabled and suffer from dyslexia but i thirst for knowledge and entertainment that only a book can provide but i found reading long books for me isnt so easy i forget by time i get to end page purely out of frustration for my conditions so having my favourite author read to me by a top class narrator makes my reading misfortunes a thing of the past. not only for people like myself but if you got alot to do but still cant put your book down then why not have it read to you while you catch up with chores or if you just want to relax and have it read to you while you rest those busy eyes you dont have to miss out any more when it comes to the world of literature no matter what it is you like crime fiction non-fiction theres a book for everyone. but this book is defo one for the personal library favs. i wont go into the book as i dont like spoling it for others but if your a scarpetta fan and not read or heard this one then you must try it.

as always another great novel in the scarpetta

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loved the book Lorelei King made it come to life for me it's hard to read a book when dyslexic and enjoy Ms King has made me love books again.

amazing book

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Love Patricia’s books as always and narration was very good. Overall recommend and hope others enjoy as I did.

The story

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The previous Patricia Cornwell books I have purchased on Audible were all told in 1st person - from Kay's perspective.

I only got to the 2nd chapter of Book of the Dead when I couldn't stand the "he says", "she says" over & over again.

Told in 3rd person...

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I found it very boring. Too much angst and not enough about the murders or murderer. Unusually for me I couldn't finish it.

Normally love these but not this one.

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