toni
posts on 10/21/2008 2:29:20 PM
in what book did kay scarpetta and marino and bentley westly stop being friends? I must have missed a book or two. please help
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Kmarie
posts on 9/14/2008 10:17:33 AM
I have read all Cornwells scarpetta series. I just finish book of the dead. I was disappointed what marino was about to do consider what they been thru 2gether. N0t go0d for kay & benton 2 get married.they spend 2 much time apart & only come 2gether when theres a crime. I dnt think this is the last only the beginning. Crime never stops & marino will be back. He has lost so much. His wife, job as a detective, and son- whom lucy murder. The next book will be as strong & thrilling with a bang. Im looking forward 2 reading Scarpetta coming this fall. :-D
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Joy
posts on 9/8/2008 4:53:54 PM
I am wondering why Patricia Cornwell has not written anything more about the "little hairy man" from France, I think his name was Chandonne or something like that.
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Helechawagirl
posts on 9/8/2008 4:22:37 PM
Benton's death was faked in order to save him from a real death. Marino and Lucy knew about it and kept it a secret. Eventually, it was revealed to Kay. She still bears the scars of betrayal by all who loved her.
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Erika
posts on 9/8/2008 4:00:07 PM
Okay, I've been reading the Patricia Cornwell books from the first, Post Mortem, and am now in the middle of Point of Origin. Someone spoiled it for me by mentioning that Benton dies.
No big deal.
But then I was told that he's in later books.
Someone explain how that's possible!
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Jennaj
posts on 8/14/2008 7:30:26 PM
I loved Book of the Dead and thought it was even stronger than Predator. Cornwell is immensely talented, and allows readers to get to know the characters intimately. I didn't think she killed anyone off at all-instead I think she set up an amazing cliffhanger with Marino, and lucy's tumor isn't a fatal situation at all. Each of us goes through struggles in life and Cornwell's characters are no exception. I hate books where everything is neatly tied up at the end-I love to think of what's coming in the next one, Scarpetta. The series is anything but dead.
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Joe
posts on 7/7/2008 5:22:44 PM
I just read The Book of the Dead.
I think the title is a play on words and what she really is doing is killing off all of the characters in this book. I think it's the last of the series. Three of the main characters are likely either dead or about to die at the end of this book. Marino may have killed himself, Lucy has a brain tumor and Rose is dying of lung cancer. The only two who are not likely dead or about to die are Kay and Benton and they are getting married. So it's over. It's now dead. . . . Of course, she already killed Benton once and then brought him back, so I'm not saying she couldn't change her mind, but I really think for right now she's planning on this one ending it and the title is a hint of that.
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Twofortea
posts on 7/6/2008 9:40:20 AM
Oh Nannette please get over yourself. I read BOTD and thought it was fantastic, in fact, I can't think of any section or passage that could even remotely be considered pornographic. Perhaps you mean graphi, which is one of the qualities that her work always has. Book of the Dead was a great read and I can't wait for the next one to come out.
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Bell
posts on 6/30/2008 1:55:30 PM
With a few friends, we tried to find who would play who in a Kay Scarpetta movie. After many many disagreements, these are our suggestions (quite an expensive cast!)
Kay: Ellen Degeneres
Marino : John Goodman
Lucy: Keira Knightley /Natalie Portman
Benton: Kevin Costner (with glasses)
Gault: Keanu Reeves (with blond hair)
Grethen: Uma Thurman.
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nannette calvello
posts on 6/4/2008 2:44:59 PM
I thought I was reading a murder mystery in Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell. However, many excerpts were pornagraphic. Patricia Cornwell owes her readers an appology for subjecting them to such trash.
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