Name: The Book of the Dead
ISBN: 9780399153938

Douglas J. Preston

Psychotic killer Diogenes faces down his incarcerated FBI agent brother, while the Museum of Natural History reopens a long-closed tomb exhibit, a decision that coincides with a series of murders and sparks rumors about an ancient curse.

The Book of the Dead

Douglas Preston

Lincoln Child

Patrick Book

Still occasionally absurd (or entirely absurd, possibly) but this may be the best of their Pendergast novels. They are audacious, though, in introducing their own Reichenbach Falls incident.

Vicky  Nuñez 

I picked this book of the bookstore. Till this day I'm not entirely sure what made me pick it up as I don't usually read this genre. Not until I reached home did I realized it was the 7th in a series & the 3rd of a trilogy(don't ask me to explain, I don't think I understand myself.)

I saw it as a challenge and decided to give it a try. 

Firstly, I would definitely recommend the other in the series or at least the first two books in the trilogy, but I found it quite easy get into the story. Of course, there were past stories, but all was pretty much understandable.

I really loved & surprised me the different POVs, ever chapter seemed to be narrated by a new voice. 

In short words, it was awesome, kind of like a mystery movie, yes it was a bit full of clichés, but the narrative & the characters were genuinely enjoyable.

 The only problem I had was with certain spouses which I never saw as a married couple & their interactions didn't seem believable, but I guess that would be more explanatory if I had read the past books.

Overall, Preston & Child have made a fantastic series which I wish I had picked up from the start. It's one of those books which you just never want to let go off.

Maelys

Thrilling read once again. Slander, rivalry and vicious killings are always Cornwell’s favorite ingredients. The powerful and jealous - but so funny - Dr Self returns in full force along with a creepy kind of killer. What if you could prevent a murder before it happens ? What if you knew your patient has murderous fantasies ? The relationship between Marino and Scarpetta reaches an apparent no return point as that of Scarpetta and Benton.

Terra

Was a light read. Not overly suspenseful but enough to keep you going. Its the first book ive read by them and i liked how all the storyline intermingle with eachother without you realising how they are all connected.

danielle bush

I dont really know what happened to these books. I really haven't enjoyed maybe the last few. I only keep reading them because I have them. All the characters are falling apart, and it seems like things aren't cohesive from book to book anymore.. lots of jumps where things aren't explained. And wtf happened to marino? He was always a jerk but in this one he is... I dont even know how to explain it.. he just sucks... 
I have 2 more books in this series in my possession. I dont think I'm going to be reading them..

Jackie Cunningham

Jeff Byrnes

Rhiannon Mansfield

Fran Lewis

Jessica Deaner

Zoe May

Maria Banning

Patricia Cornwell

The fifteenth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. 'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The Times The 'book of the dead' is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning. Fresh from her bruising battle with a psychopath in Florida, Scarpetta decides it's time for a change of pace. Moving to the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina, she opens a unique private forensic pathology practice, one in which she and her colleagues offer expert crime scene investigation and autopsies to communities lacking local access to competent death investigation and modern technology. It seems like an ideal situation, until the murders and other violent deaths begin. A woman is ritualistically murdered in her multi-million-dollar beach home. The body of an abused young boy is found dumped in a desolate marsh. A sixteen-year-old tennis star is found nude and mutilated near Piazza Navona in Rome. Scarpetta has dealt with many brutal and unusual crimes before, but never a string of them as baffling, or as terrifying, as the ones before her now. Before she is through, that book of the dead will contain many names - and the pen may be poised to write her own. Praise for the groundbreaking series: 'One of the best crime writers writing today' Guardian 'Devilishly clever' Sunday Times 'The top gun in this field' Daily Telegraph 'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' Mirror 'The Agatha Christie of the DNA age' Express

Book Of The Dead

Cindy

Kristina

Bill Mazza

El libro de los muertos es la decimoquinta novela de Patricia Cornwell protagonizada por la brillante y mordaz forense Kay Scarpetta. Scarpetta se ha instalado en Charleston, donde ha establecido un moderno laboratorio forense en el que trabaja con su equ

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