Black Notice audiobook

Book Review 3.5 of 5 stars (rounded up due to the topic in the book) for Black Notice, the 10th book in the "Kay Scarpetta" thriller and suspense series, written in 1999 by Patricia Cornwell. For me, this was a transitional book in the series, not so much from good to bad, but in the terms of who Kay Scarpetta is and what happens with the people in her life. If you are still reading the series, or think you will, don't read the next few lines... then skip ahead to the next paragraph where it will be spoiler free. *** SPOILER *** Kay has lost Benton... and she needs to re-evaluate her life. Knowing what happens later in the books, and thinking about what we learn in this one and the previous one, I really questioned what Cornwell was doing in the series... and if it was just too many directional changes *** SPOILER END ***So... the best part about this book is that there is the possibility of a werewolf. No... Cornwell didn't delve into fantasy, but there is a disease that could make someone look like a werewolf and that's where we go in this installment. Rather than cover the actual details of the story... think about the amount of effort and work Cornwell had to put into this book in order to write this story. It's highly focused on extreme medical conditions, takes you across the continent, involves shipping procedures, politics, FBI investigations. This is not a normal everyday writer's story... Cornwell may have a few downs in some of her books, but you can never question her ability to write a good story and to put the effort into surprising her fans. She excels in this area, and this book is one of those reasons for me. You don't want to stop turning the pages and will end up reading it in one rather long sitting, just to understand what this werewolf thing is all about! About Me For those new to me or my reviews... here's the scoop: I read A LOT. I write A LOT. And now I blog A LOT. First the book review goes on Goodreads, and then I send it on over to my WordPress blog at https://thisismytruthnow.com, where you'll also find TV & Film reviews, the revealing and introspective 365 Daily Challenge and lots of blogging about places I've visited all over the world. And you can find all my social media profiles to get the details on the who/what/when/where and my pictures. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. Vote in the poll and ratings. Thanks for stopping by. Note: All written content is my original creation and copyrighted to me, but the graphics and images were linked from other sites and belong to them. Many thanks to their original creators.

My friend periodically gives me bags full of books she's read and I found this one in the last batch. It's been ages since I've read a Cornwell/Dr. Scarpetta book, just long enough for me to miss them and really enjoy this one.The mystery in this case begins with a decomposing body found in a cargo container that docks in Richmond. The murderer's trail will lead Scarpetta and Marino to France and back again and will be very difficult to solve. Meanwhile, it has been one year since her FBI lover Benton's death and she has kept herself too busy to grieve, but suddenly a final goodbye letter from him is delivered to her, and she is forced to face up to her grief.In another storyline, her niece Lucy hasn't found a way to grieve Benton's death either and is courting danger as she usually turns to violence to solve problems. And if that weren't enough, a sexy-looking cop with connections is taking over the police department and threatening to take over the medical examiner's office as well. Her name is Bray, and she's determined to get rid of both Marino and Scarpetta. You can imagine, if you're familiar with the character, how Marino reacts to this. Finally, is there a new love interest for Scarpetta? Stay tuned. I had almost forgotten how caught up in this series I can get. I'm back on the Cornwell bandwagon again.

4,25 stars - Dutch paperback Remains were all that was left of the stowaway. He arrived in Richmond’s Deep Water Termina. The ghastly cargo of a ship from Belgium. The decomposed body gives Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta no clues to its identit, or the cause of death. But an odd tattoo soon leads her on an international search to Interpol’s headquarters in Lyon, France and towards a confrontation with one of the most savage killers of her career.Theor is a forensic sequences boom with authority in this book; the brief action sequences explode of the pages. A thunderhead of disquietude hangs over this compulsively readable novel, sometimes loosing storms of suspense.The unease arises ultimately not from the steady potential for violence, but from a more profound horror: the vulnerability of a good woman like Kay to a world beset by the corrupt, the cruel and demonic. She could be you....

So Patricia Cornwell did it again! She ended my book w a cliff hanger sort of thang - _-Regardless, IT WAS THE BOMB. My love for Kay Scarpetta is just stronger than ever. I loved the mystery and chills this book gave me. Yes it deserves 5 stars :)

Loved it. In my opinion, better than Body of Evidence. A bit of mystery, suspense, and romance, nicely tied together for the perfect crime drama plot. Kept my interest and was hard to put down. Now, i am hooked on the Dr. Kay Scarpetta series.

A foreign ship arrives and an identified body is found on board. From this point a mix of fear and adrenalin, Cornwell brand, follows.

Muchas veces, cuando encontramos un libro que nos atrae desde la estantería de una librería o biblioteca, nos hacemos con él y comenzamos su lectura, sin tener en cuenta algunas cuestiones. Una de esas cuestiones es que, cuando se trata de una serie de novelas con un mismo protagonista, no comenzar por el primer volumen, y seguir la vida de los protagonistas que cambia de una a otra publicación , nos hace perder mucha información, o nos pone en el lugar de que,de alguna forma, quedan spoileados, algunos libros anteriores. Eso es lo que me ocurrió con Código negro, esta muy buena novela de Patricia Cornwell. Comienza haciendo alusión a una dolorosa pérdida que afectó a la protagonista, y gran parte de la trama se vincula a esta historia. En este Marco, la Dra Scarpetta, una médica forense debe, además, lidiar con la hostilidad de una nueva sub jefa de policía, mientras investiga un cadaver hallado en estado de descomposición en el contenedor de un barco, y a las víctimas de un salvaje homicida. Bien construída, de ritmo atrapante y con interesantes personajes, cuyas historias previas me hubieran gustado conocer, nos encontramos, entonces, con una muy buena opción de lectura que, sin duda, disfrutarán mucho más quienes hayan leído las anteriores novelas protagonizadas por esta doctora. Como punto negativo, quizás, habría que mencionar la abundancia de términos o descripciones técnicas, propias de este subgénero.

Nuestra forense favorita en otra aventura tratando de descubrir a un asesino que comete actos violentos en contra de mujeres y la evidencia apunta a un hombres lobo?. Interfiere la Interpol dado que este maleante proviene de Francia. Una nueva jefa odiosa que al final tiene su merecido pero más horrible de lo que esperaba, Marino y toda su carrera de detective pende de un hilo, Lucy con problemas de ira (que novedad). Un nuevo amor parece tocar las puertas de Kay, pero no quiero que olvide a Benton tan rápido, soy una egoísta 😭😭😭😭Me tarde mucho con este libro por el trabajo de cierre de ciclo escolar y porque odio la idea de que Kay se enamore de alguien más que no sea Benton. Espero con ansias la siguiente aventura criminal.

Za citaoce koji prvi put citaju knjigu ove autorice bice prilicno neobicno,da se radnja toliko dugo vrti oko lesa na stolu poznatog patologa Key Skarpete,saznati istinu nije lako,ali na kraju ne postoji nista drugo nego istina...neibicno citanje,nisam dugo citala knjige ove autorice pa sam zaboravila njen neobican stil...

Werewolf?Dr. Scarpetta has always been my favorite character. This time you think Benton is back. I wanted it to be true. But along comes Talley. Handsome, smart, and gorgeous. On to the next Dr. Scarpetta adventure. I love Patricia Cornwell's talent.

A lot of Melodrama in this book, well OTT but you have to get through it to go onto th next, hopefully it will be better in the next

Another intriguing large print novel with Kay the Medical Examiner and Marino who's position on the police force has gone down a notch. He has a new lady boss who's making everyone's lives miserable, including Kay. They find a dead body in a sealed container aboard a ship from far away. Then, the same M.O. is found near them with two different deceased bodies. There was a lot of hard evidence to find in order to convict a bizarre looking murderer.