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Cause of Death

Dr Kay Scarpetta, Book 7

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Cause of Death

By: Patricia Cornwell
Narrated by: C. J. Critt
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New Year's Eve, and the final murder scene of Virginia's bloodiest year takes Scarpetta 30 feet below the Elizabeth River's icy surface. A diver is dead.

Ted Eddings, an investigative reporter who was a favourite at the Medical Examiner's office. Was Eddings probing the frigid depths for a story or simply diving for sunken trinkets? And why did Scarpetta receive a phone call reporting the death before the police were notified?

©1996 Patricia Daniels Cornwell (P)2002 Recorded Books Inc Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction Medical Mystery Thriller & Suspense Thriller Suspense

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Critic reviews

"America’s most stimulating and chilling writer of crime fiction." ( The Times)
"Patricia Cornwell is one of the best crime writers writing today. She is precise, she is careful, above all, she is original." ( Guardian)
"Few writers match Patricia Cornwell when it comes to writing crime." ( Daily Express)
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Gripping, on edge of seat , slow start then picks up speed and don't stop till the end!

Brilliant

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Enjoyable however lacking in the storyline I prefer more drama and more time in the morgue. Cornwall has definitely written better.

Kay was a bit flat

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Another classic Scarpetta 'mystery'. Dr. Scapetta decamps from Richmond in an intriguing story of religious groups, terrorists and unexplained deaths.
Thoroughly enjoyable.

Classic Scarpetta

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Without spoiling it, its great, I just wish the ending had been more, there just wasn't the aftermath

She just always nails it

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I think a cult who captured a decommissioned navy submarine and barricaded a nuclear facility with the intention of selling everything to a terrorist org would have had to face much more firepower than just an FBI hostage negotiator and a state level medical examiner. CJ Critt has always been a hit or miss for me. Here it was a miss. She did better with humorous/comical content than content with a serious, melancholic tone.

Leap of Faith Required

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A typical Kay Scarpetta story, easy listening and enjoyable. However, right at the crux the audio is not great which spoils the ending a bit.

Good story, but issues with sound in the last chapter

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Was very slow to start, almost quite it. The climax was too close to end, making it a bit predictable also.

Slow start too fast finish

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As usual, a good yarn, even though the phrase 'my niece`' is somewhat overworked. The narration was very strange, as if an timer had gone wrong with the delivery. Stilted is the word that comes to mind. Personally, I will avoid any book read by this person. Odd stresses put on words and the worst Scots accent ever!

good story, weird narration!

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I really enjoy the cornwell novels however the lady reading them mis pronounces enough words that it acts as a distraction and I found myself waiting to cringe at the next one. The narrator also really can’t do accents with her own so strong. I would suggest she doesn’t try as the words already identify them and the attempts again act as distraction to the story

Get the words right!

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I thought that Lorelei King's narration was bad. This was excruciating, it feels forced and unnatural. I never thought that I'd want Lorelei to narrate these books but I do, come back (nearly) all is forgiven. There must be better voice actors out there, I know there are.

I love the Scarpette series but this is mediocre compared to the others. I found it slow and lacking in any suspense.

Unfortunately the quality of this recording isn't very good either, it cuts out on multiple occasions so you miss some of the narrative.

Question: Why aren't 'The Body Farm' and 'From Potter's Field' available? You have to miss two of the books, it doesn't seem logical.

Awful narration, worse than Lorelei King.

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