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"The Bone Bed" by Patricia Cornwell Published by Putnam Hardcover Edition: 463 pages Genre: Mystery Maybe Cornwell needed to write the last eight Scarpetta novels to get where she is now: back to basics. Back to where avid readers of the series remember the true Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Kay Scarpetta: a resilient, no-nonsense, vulnerable human being. The Bone Bed, the 20th novel in the ongoing Scarpetta series, is a solid, riveting return and homage to the early years. The novel is also a much more personal journey for Scarpetta. She struggles with aging in a raw intensity like we have never seen before. In a past squabble that occurred between she and husband, Benton, she recalls that night in Vienna: "I feel Benton's implications like an internal injury, a depressing symptom of being damaged..." The image of Scarpetta's psychologist friend, Anna Zenner, a "confidante of old," brings readers back to that quiet time in an earlier book, "The Last Precinct", where the two strong, independent women sat in Anna's living room, recalling tales of yesteryear, their professional and private lives, and Scarpetta's unclear future in forensic science. And the recent dark case she investigates in Boston's harbor is reminiscent of another earlier mystery: when Scarpetta dived deep into the cold waters in 1996's "Cause of Death". As Scarpetta connects the dots in her newest horrifying exposition to date, she realizes just how grisly murder can be. Working on a riddle involving a severed human ear, an endangered leatherback turtle, and a dead, almost mummified woman in Boston's cold bay waters, Scarpetta comes face to face with a ruthless killer and a past fueled with unspeakable cruelty. Whether you decided, years ago, to abandon the Scarpetta series because of POV change (first person to third person), dull plot lines shrouded with too much science procedure, and/or underdevelopment characterizations, the good news is that the real Scarpetta & Company (Benton Wesley, Pete Marino and niece Lucy Farinelli) are back. It is almost as if the gang has continued their lives from where we remember them in 2000's The Last Precinct. In The Bone Bed, characters reminisce on past cases and close relationships with each other. Ardent fans will recognize said scenes and conversations immediately. Example: In chapter six, Marino and Scarpetta, en route to the death scene in Boston: Marino, in his usual haughty persona, telling Kay, "Like those cartons for organ sections that said Fish Bait? Back in our Richmond days. Remember?" Scarpetta: "It's not exactly something one could forget." Another highlight in the book: camaraderie between all four characters, especially Marino and Scarpetta, which has been missing since The Last Precinct. Throughout the novel, Scarpetta recalls her previous relationship with her deceased father, evoking beautiful, haunting, emotional imagery for the lonely girl from Richmond, Virginia. Fans, new and old, are in for a real surprise. The Bone Bed is true to form, a real treat, a novel worthy of any mystery reader's time. It can be read as a standalone. Let's hope Cornwell continues along the same familiar path with future Scarpetta puzzles. T.B. Grant 10.17.12. this is my The Bone Bed (A Scarpetta Novel) [Hardcover] reviews

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• "When it comes to the forensic sciences, nobody can touch Cornwell."
• —The New York Times Book Review
• About the Author
• Patricia Cornwell's most recent bestsellers include Red Mist, Port Mortuary, and Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed. Her earlier works include Postmortem—the only novel to win five major crime awards in a single year—and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain's prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the best crime
• novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author.

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