Monday, July 23, 2007

Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell


My Rating: 6/10

It’s another one of mystery books by Patricia Cornwell with the protagonist: Dr. Kay Scarpetta. The best thing about the author is: she really researches the topic she is writing about and gives so much details about it that it becomes real for the readers. For example: in this book, she has written about scuba-diving. To just write about it, Patricia actually became a certified Scuba diver. Isn’t that cool? She actually tried out a scene where Dr. Kay dived into the frigid river of Virginia. And when she writes about guns, she researched them first! So, while I read it, it all felt real to me.

As is true of all her fiction, the scientific, medical, technical and investigative procedures and details are factual. Despite my love of details, I still have rated it 6 because the details are sometimes too overwhelming and it kind of, break the flow of the story.

Here’s what the story is about:

It is New Year’s Eve, the last day of Virginia’s bloodiest year since the civil war. Dr. Kay Scarpetta plunges into the murky depths of a ship graveyard to recover the very human remains of Ted Eddings, an investigative reporter. What kind of story was Edding’s chasing below the icy water surface of the Elizabeth River? And why did Scarpetta receive a phone call from someone reporting the death before the police were notified? She soon discovers that Edding’s murder is merely the first layer of something deeper- a labyrinthine conspiracy that will put all of her criminal and forensic knowledge to the test.

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