Cornwell The Last Precinct

Cornwell, Patricia: BLOW FLY, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A. Penguin Group (USA) 2003
ISBN: 0-399-15089-7 As New

<strong> Returning to her bestselling Kay Scarpetta series after a foray into nonfiction (Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed), Patricia Cornwell takes her forensic pathologist heroine into another unsettling tale that blends fast-paced action with skillful character development. <P> After sending Jean-Baptiste Chandonne up the river in The Last Precinct, Scarpetta now faces the vengeance of his insane brother, who is rampaging through the Louisiana bayous, hideously torturing and murdering a number of Scarpetta look-alikes. As if this weren't enough, she's eventually forced to turn to the demonic Jean-Baptiste in an effort to catch yet another killer; but his help comes at a horrific price. Blow Fly is an engaging, well-crafted story that lures you with a series of chilling incidents. Never one to shrink from disturbing material, Cornwell does a particularly fine job of fleshing out her villains -- a cruel, depraved, and thoroughly intriguing cast of characters who keep the action moving at a steady pace. This powerful entry in the Scarpetta canon mesmerizes with its unflinching glimpse into the darkest depths of the human heart. Tom Piccirilli FROM THE PUBLISHER In Blow Fly, Kay Scarpetta stands at the threshold of a new life after her work as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner has come to a jarring end. At the close of The Last Precinct, she knew she would have to leave Richmond if she were to find any peace. She feared that she was about to be fired by the governor. More alarming, she was hounded in the media and in the courtroom, for what some claimed was her involvement in the murder of a deputy police chief. So Scarpetta packed up her belongings and set out for the warmth and solace of the Florida sun. She is settling into a new life as a private forensic consultant and is deep into a case that has left colleagues in Louisiana profoundly disturbed. A woman is found dead in a seedy hotel, dressed to go out, keys in her hand. Her history of blackouts, and her violent outbursts while under their spell, offer more questions than clues about the cause of her death. Then Scarpetta receives news that chills her to the core: Jean-Baptiste Chandonne - the vicious and unrepentant Wolfman, who pursued her to her very doorstep - asks to see her. From his cell on death row, he demands an audience with the legendary Dr. Scarpetta. Only to her will he tell the secrets he knows the authorities desire: the evidence that will bring a global investigation to a swift conclusion. Scarpetta, her niece Lucy, and her colleague Detective Pete Marino are left to wonder: After all the death and destruction, what sort of endgame could this violent psychopath have in mind? And could this request be somehow related to the Louisiana case? Her friends and family by her side, Scarpetta must unravel a twisting conspiracy with an international reach and confront theshock of her life - a blow that will force her to question the loyalty and trust of all she holds dear. FROM THE CRITICS Connecticut Post - October 26, 2003 Patricia Cornwell is on target - and spectacularly so - with her latest Kay Scarpetta thriller... Publishers Weekly "Please don't go there. The past is the past," sighs New York Assistant District Attorney Jaime Berger, who herself was introduced in Cornwell's last Kay Scarpetta novel, The Last Precinct (2000). Alas, many of Cornwell's fans are bound to agree. One fascinating nonfiction bestseller (Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper, Case Closed) later, Cornwell now returns to Scarpetta, formerly Virginia's chief medical examiner. From the start, however, the formidable author is up against the equally formidable task of getting her charismatic main character off ice and back in action. <P>We encounter Scarpetta languishing in a crumbling little rental house in Florida. She has taken refuge there and become a private forensic consultant after she was driven from her job for her alleged involvement in the murder of a deputy police chief. The violent.... Published at twenty seven dollars. </strong> New book Jacket Hardcover 6 x 9 in

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Cornwell, Patricia: The Last Precinct, Putnam Adult 2000
0399146253

Hardcover Prompt delivery with tracking. Many satisfied customers. Satisfaction guaranteed; Kay Scarpetta; 1.6 x 9.3 x 6.2 Inches; 449 pages; A profoundly original book from America's premier crime novelist! Follow international bestselling author Patricia Cornwell's latest addition to the Kay Scarpetta series with The Last Precinct. This engrossing piece of fiction is woven through with the extraordinary forensic detail you've come to expect from Cornwell, with a palpable sense of fear that keeps readers looking back—into the past for clues, and over their shoulders for the next enigmatic act of violence. <P>The Last Precinct finds Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta in the middle of a nightmare that began with Black Notice, and continues as she discovers the so-called Werewolf murders may have extended to New York City and into the darkest corners of her past. Scarpetta must struggle to make what she knows to be the truth prevail against mounting evidence to the contrary. By the end of the novel, it is clear that Scarpetta's life can never be the same. <P>The Last Precinct marks a new era for Kay Scarpetta and a triumphant achievement for Patricia Cornwell. You won't be able to put this nail-biter down! As New in As New dust jacket

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CORNWELL, PATRICIA: LAST PRECINCT, THE, NY G P PUTNAMS SONS 2000
ISBN: 0399146253 Good

449 PAGES; THE LAST PRECINCT; PATRICIA CORNWELL; G P PUTNAM'S SONS; 2000;NY; 15.00; ISBN 0399146253; MAY BE FIRST; FICTION; 000019; KAY SCAARPETTA IS BACK SO YOU KNOW THERE WILL BE ACTION ,SUSPENSE AND DRAMA; THE WEREWOLF MURDERS COME TO NEW YORK CITY AS WELL AS INTO THE DARKEST CORNERS OF KAY'S PAST; SHE ASKS HERSELF "WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN THERE IS NOWHERE LEFT" THE ANSWER IS "THE LAST PRECINCT; THUS THE ACTION AND HIGH DRAMA BEGIN Not Signed MAY BE FIRST Good Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Private Press

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Cornwell, Patricia: THE LAST PRECINCT, 2000 New york G. P. Putnam's Sons
0399146253

Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Edition: 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing SIGNED EDITION. Spine ends & corners of book cover have extremely light bumping & rubbing. Black paper covered boards have a dark gray cloth spine with silver gilt lettering. Text pages are clean & bright. Endpapers are a dark gray color. Signed on a pasted down bookplate on the front endpaper (signature only). Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have a bit of light bumping & rubbing. Overall, a nice bright copy. "We enter The Last Precinct through the reverberating aftershocks of Black Notice, inconceivably finding Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta an object of suspicion - and criminal investigation. And the nightmare perpetuated on Scarpetta's doorstep continues as she discovers that the so-called Werewolf murders may have extended to New York City." ; Signed by Author

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