Dust

by Patricia Cornwell

Book Overview

In this novel of "nail-biting suspense" (The Boston Globe) from #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell, Kay Scarpetta is thrust deep into the dark world of designer drugs, drone technology, organized crime, and shocking corruption at the highest levels.

IN DEVELOPMENT AS THE ORIGINAL SERIES SCARPETTA STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN AND JAMIE LEE CURTIS

A body, oddly draped in an unusual...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425270041
• ISBN13: 9780425270042
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 4.4" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Poorly executed

I used to enjoy PC's work ("Body Farm" for example), but this will be my last. I'm 140 pages in and have no idea what's going on. Since I didn't read the previous few stories (I don't need to read fictional accounts of school shootings, thank you very much), I don't know why Marino's situation is changed (or what it's changed into) ... why Scarpetta now reports to Marino ... why she has become so arrogant, condescending and, oddly, religious ... why smartie Benton is discredited ... why, why, why. And since much is constantly made of the back-story on almost every page -- without ANY of these apparently pivotal details -- the book is incomprehensible. (It feels like I'm the only one on the outside of an inside joke.) Many writers do a fine job of creating stand-alone books in a series (e.g., both Kellermans). Cornwell has fallen out of those ranks. Someone got whacked with the ego stick! P.S. At the point I stopped reading this poorly executed work, an agent is stomping around someone else's fresh crime scene -- without permission, comment or interference. Not happening.