Postmortem

Book Details

Library

Author

Patricia Cornwall

Category

Mystery

Publisher

Tine Warner

Printed By

Clays Ltd

Country

Great Britain

Personal

Year Published

1990

Date Read

08/08/2006

ISBN

0751530433

Personal Rating

4/5

Binding

Paperback

Purchase

Pages

404

Acquired from 

Nana

Overview

A serial killer is on the loose in Richmond, Virginia. Three women have died, brutalised and strangled in their own bedrooms. There is no pattern: the killer appears to strike at random – but always early on Saturday mornings. So when Dr Kay Scarpette, Chief Medical Officer, is awakened at 2.33am she knows the news is bad: there is a fourth victim. And she fears many others will follow unless she can dig up new forensic evidence to aid the police. But not everyone is pleased to see a woman in this powerful job. Someone may even want to ruin her career and reputation.

Comment

This is the first Kay Scarpetta novel in the series, and the first one I've read. I know that's really successful, with a huge fanbase, and now I know why. The relationships between the characters are realistic, and Marino quickly becomes a favourite, in spite of Scarpetta's opinion of him.