Cause of Death
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Patricia Cornwell
Kay Scarpetta, Book # 7
Hachette Digital
August 1st, 1996
ebook
325
English
January 12, 2018 January 19, 2018
It is New Year's Eve, the last day of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War. Dr. Kay Scarpetta plunges into the murky depths of a ship graveyard to recover the very human remains of Ted Eddings, an investigative reporter. What kind of story was Eddings chasing below the icy surface of the Elizabeth River? And why did Scarpetta receive a phone call from someone reporting the death before the police were notified? She soon discovers that Eddings' murder is merely the first layer of something much deeper --- a labyrinthine conspiracy that will put all of her criminal and forensic knowledge to the test like never before. For Scarpetts, the real challenge won't be cataloging the growing number of dead bodies, but preventing herself and those she loves from becoming the next victims.
About the Book
Cause of Death is the 7th book in the series of detective stories about Kay Scarpetta,
I liked the book itself, the plot is compelling and when it comes to nuclear, I’m all for it since I’m a chemistry major, the only flaw is Kay, I know that is the main character but I really can not stand her relationship with Wesley or her long speeches with her niece… in all the books I’ve read so far, it is the usual story with Lucy. I liked Marino more here, even if I did not like him in the previous book or at least his jealousy, here I found his character improved with both Kay and Lucy.
The plot as I said was compelling, from an apparently accidental death we move to a terrorist attack and the taking of a nuclear power plant; there are many details, even if not so many about nuclear power, but most likely this is the scientific part in me that’s talking and I honestly do not need details about nuclear power.
The end, however, I found it too short, too simple and too hasty as in the previous book, I would have liked some more details on Holt.
In general the book is very good. I liked the style even though the chapters were long.
I read this book for the Popsugar challenge for “a book with a bad cover”. I hate spiders, my version has a spider on it and therefore any book with a spider has a bad cover.
