Dust Author: Visit Amazon's Patricia Cornwell Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0399157573 | Format: EPUB
Dust Description
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“When it comes to the forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell.”
—The New York Times Book Review
About the Author
PATRICIA CORNWELL’s most recent bestsellers include The Bone Bed, Red Mist, Port Mortuary, and Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed. Her earlier works include Postmortem—the only novel to win five major crime awards in a single year—and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain’s prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author.
- Series: A Scarpetta Novel (Book 21)
- Hardcover: 512 pages
- Publisher: Putnam Adult; First Edition edition (November 12, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0399157573
- ISBN-13: 978-0399157578
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Patricia Cornwell's 21st novel Dust is a return to all the things that made the Scarpetta series great.
As with past books Cornwell subtly and smoothly incorporates current technology into the storyline. The reader is given a taste of this in Dust when a droid cell phone mixes into the crime scene and when Scarpetta uses cutting edge technology to autopsy the victim - technologies that may seem far-fetched to readers but that are actually currently being used in real life.
The plot is an intricate web of Scarpetta, Benton, Lucy and Marino working to solve the crime as FBI hands of corruption reach out and try to stop the wheels of justice. This brings Benton into the foreground and we get a glimpse into his world as he struggles to work against the FBI and solve the case at hand.
Nothing is left out in Dust and character relationships are again at the forefront of this book. Marino's new position has shifted the dynamics between him and other characters making everyone cautious around him. Lucy is her usual strong-willed self and this time becomes embroiled in the case at hand. And Cornwell finally reveals more information about Scarpetta's husband Benton Wesley. The reader now sees a new depth to Benton, has a better understanding of how he works and ultimately gains insight about his important role in Scarpetta's life. (I thoroughly enjoyed this aspect of Dust.) Scarpetta is more like she was in the earlier books of the series and drives the story forward. Strong-willed, independent minded and protective of her family and friends, she carefully yet deliberately works the crime scene, slowly sorting through all the clues which ultimately leads to the case being solved.
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