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Narrated by:
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Karen White
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Written by:
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Patricia Cornwell
About this listen
This dazzling thriller pits Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta against greater odds than ever before.
Convicted serial killer Carrie Grethen has escaped from a psychiatric hospital with plans for revenge. Wary and shaken, Scarpetta also has to investigate the death by fire of an unknown woman. The post mortem reveals the woman was stabbed before the fire was started, and soon Scarpetta and her colleagues are called out to the scene of another fire and another murder.
When her lover, Benton Wesley, disappears while following up a tip-off, Scarpetta, with sudden, appalling clarity, sees that Carrie has set up a scenario in which she has the upper hand and can manipulate them all.
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Jenna Taylor
- 2024-08-30
Not her best work, but entertaining
Interesting storyline but not as gripping, in my opinion. I really didn't enjoy the narrator - I found her language stilted / staccato and quite jarring. It improved as the book went on but the first few chapters were strange to listen to
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Jade
- 2020-06-19
Great Story, Bad Narration
The story was well written and interesting and the only reason I didn’t turn this off and return it. The narrator was not my favourite, to me, it sounded like she was whining through the whole story.
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