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Port Mortuary
- Narrated by: Kate Burton
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of ‘virtual autopsy’ - a groundbreaking procedure that could soon revolutionise forensic science. And it is not too long before these new skills urgently need to be put into practice. A young man drops dead, apparently from a heart condition, eerily close to Scarpetta’s home. But when his body is examined the next morning, there are stunning indications that he may have been alive when he was zipped inside a pouch and locked inside the cooler.
When the revolutionary 3D radiology scans reveal more shocking details about internal injuries unlike any Scarpetta has ever seen, Scarpetta realizes that this is a case of murder - and that she is fighting a cunning and uniquely cruel enemy. Now it is a race against time to discover who and why before more people die. But that time is running out...
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- Susan
- 16-11-10
Self-pitying characters and limited plot
About 75% of the book is dedicated to the main character feeling sorry for herself. So I spent about 75% of the listening time shouting at her to get on with the story. Really boring and not worth considering - unless you like listening to people feeling sorry for themselves. Whatever happened to the 'old' Patricia Cornwell.
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8 people found this helpful
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- Helen
- 31-10-10
depressing
the plot is complicated and secondary to the continual moaning of the characters. I really don't know why patricia cornwall doesn't just kill them all off in a fire ball - the constant introspection is tedious. They really don't like each other and the constant distrust and second guessing is generally very depressing.
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7 people found this helpful
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- compo
- 09-12-10
EX SCARPETTA FAN
From book review thought Cornwell would get back to her early styles....she hasn't....very disappointed...story lacking her old panache. Book is just a moneyspinner...So many other great authors of the same genre...chose another author such as Karin Slaughter.
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- David
- 04-02-11
Far from Cornwell's earlier work
Even the liberal use of pointless acronyms cannot disguise the fact that this is a poor novel. The crime based plot is weak and appears hurried into the last 10% of the book, the first 90% having been dominated by the relentless self-pity of the main character.
This is not at all like Cornwell?s earlier books in the series, which on the whole, I really enjoyed. You end up disliking the main character very early on, and finishing the book becomes more of a chore than a pleasure.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-03-11
Poor effort
Very poor novel. Patrica Cornwell can do better than this.
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- Lynda
- 31-12-12
Port Mortuary
A bit too complicated for it's own good I thought but not a bad read / listen
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- Amanda
- 04-03-12
Yawn!
I used to be a huge Cornwell fan, but I feel that I completely wasted my money buying this book, and then wasted my time listening to it.
I was relieved when it was over, more fun having my teeth pulled
Tedious
Self-obsessed
No proper plot
Really hard work
Incredibly disappointing
Still not sure of the outcome of the 'story'
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- M. E. Ditchburn
- 09-03-11
Getting back to her best
Having listened to almost the entire Scarpetta series I was beginning to think that Patricia Cornwell had lost her way a bit. I found the last few books, whilst still enjoyable, just getting a little daft in places. Port Mortuary is a book more akin to the earlier works and all the better for it.
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- J L Thompson
- 18-06-23
Probably the worst Scarpetta book
It just never really got off the ground. I found it quite boring. Not the worst book I’ve ever read/listened to, but definitely not the best. The narrater is nowhere near as good as Lorelei King either which I think added to the disappointment
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- @julesred2
- 25-05-23
Awful Narrator
Overly dramatic narration totally spoilt the story line which, I’m sad to say was extremely week for Ms Cornwall. Fragmented with too much emphasis on Scarpetta. Felt like the Scarpetta show which detracted from what could have been a good story 😞
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