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Title: Black Notice by Patricia Daniels Cornwell ISBN: 0-425-17540-5 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.91 (600 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Page-Turner
Comment: I have read the entire Scarpetta series, and I was pleased that this book's plot measures up to her best. I couldn't put it down. The forensic medicine and law enforcement elements make each book a fascinating learning experience that complements the intensely exciting suspense. Keep up the good work, PC!
The characters' grief over BW is plausible, but I do wish Kay and especially Lucy would get therapy. Lucy has gone over the edge, and Kay's emotional suit of armor is frustrating. I love the new Jay Talley character! I'm looking forward to seeing how their relationship develops. Kay will always be a mess but PLEASE let her lighten up a little and have some fun! Also, Lucy needs to get her act together so she can add her expertise to future plots. Marino just needs a good job, but a sympathetic soul mate could add a new dimension to the characters' interrelationships. Some good news in their personal lives would help to balance the professional horrors they face. Dramatic tension need not suffer, and happier characters may win more fans for the series.
Rating: 3
Summary: A Strange Loup
Comment: I was starting to feel that the Kay Scarpetta series was getting a little tired. But, my roommate bought Black Notice, and I decided to go ahead and read it. On the whole, it is a fairly good book. The strange victim with a strange tattoo found with strange hairs starts the book off. The primary plot revolves around this death, and becomes a little too fantastic (Who's Afraid of Virginia's Wolf?) . However, the book is saved by having a subplot involving what appears to be a new nemesis for Dr. Scarpetta: a strong woman Deputy Police Chief, attempting to shake up the department and Marino, Kay's close police friend, and Scarpetta herself. Ultimately, these two seemingly divergent plots must come together.
I have read all the books in this series, yet I will not profess to understanding all the complex personalaties and relationships in the primary characters. Therefore, if you are thinking of delving into this series, try the earlier books first.
The secondary plot, which almost becomes primary, and solid writing help make up for an odd story and a weak ending. Furthermore, Patricia Cornwell attempts to throw some things in the mix to keep interest, such as the question of "Is Benton really dead?".
My suggestion: Read the book and enjoy, but don't analyze it.
Rating: 4
Summary: Too Many Coincidences is almost the undoing of this book.
Comment: There are a number of very glaring coincidences in this book and I think that this is the biggest problem with the book. For example, how could a case that Kay's Lucy is working for AFTA in Miami have anything to do with a homicidal maniac in Kay's town of Richmond? But in spite of this glaring inconsistency, I still enjoyed the book. We see Kay at her most vulnerable here and to those of us who have followed her story from the beginning, it is understandable. This book takes place a year after Kay's lover, Benton was killed in the line of duty, and in typical Kay fashion, she has really not dealt with her feelings about that. She has been burying herself in her work as usual. The killer that is stalking Kay's city forces her to deal with some "unlaid-to-rest" issues surrounding Benton's death. This is quite a dark book, but an edge-of-your-seat thriller that keeps the reader guessing until the end. We also see some real character development in some of the main characters; particularly Marino and Kay herself. It is so important that this series be read in order, and unless it is I don't think readers get the true scope of the series, and they certainly can't see the character development that occurs in each subsequent book.
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Title: The Last Precinct by Patricia Cornwell ISBN: 0425180638 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Point of Origin by Patricia Daniels Cornwell ISBN: 0425169863 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Daniels Cornwell ISBN: 0425163407 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Cause of Death by Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Marx ISBN: 0425158616 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: From Potter's Field by Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Don Peppers ISBN: 0425154092 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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