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Trace

Kay Scarpetta Mysteries, Book 13

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Trace

By: Patricia Cornwell
Narrated by: Kate Reading
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Trace is the heart-stopping new Dr. Kay Scarpetta thriller from America's #1 best-selling crime writer.

Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago.

In Trace, Scarpetta travels to Richmond, Virginia, at the odd behest of the recently appointed Chief Medical Examiner, who claims that he needs her help to solve a perplexing crime. When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds that nothing is as she expected: her former lab is in the final stages of demolition; the inept chief isn't the one who requested her after all; her old assistant chief has developed personal problems that he won't reveal; and a glamorous FBI agent, whom Marino dislikes instantly, meddles with the case.

Deprived of assistance from colleagues Benton and Lucy, who are embroiled in what first appears to be an unrelated attempted rape by a stalker, Scarpetta is faced with investigating the death of a 14-year-old girl and working with the smallest pieces of evidence, traces that only the most thorough hunters can identify. She must follow the twisting leads and track the strange details in order to make the dead speak, and to reveal the sad truth that may be more than even she can bear.

©2004 Cornwell Entertainment, Inc. (P)2004 Penguin Audio Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction Medical Medical & Forensic Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime Detective Heartfelt Scary
Intriguing Mystery • Interwoven Storylines • Excellent Narration • Gripping Tale • Interesting Concept • Superb Accents
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I love the Scarlett’s series! I listen on Audible and out of the Three readers for this series thus far, Kate Reading is my absolute favorite!

Great book

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This mystery novel had a lot of intricately woven storylines going on. Great weaving of the plot to keep me interested till the end. Loved it

Another excellent read!

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A lot of loose ends at the end - will they be tidied up in future tales? Do I care enough to find out?

Gripping tale

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Storyline was good, just hard to follow as most of the time the narrator was monotone and very slow.

Narrator spoke so slow it sounded as if she was either drunk or extremely bored.

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Narrator was good, I could recognize the characters by the readers voice. Story was interesting!

Story was good

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My sister started me on this new journey..I recently have eye issues so this is a great way of getting lost in a story. I love reading but I am sure I will get to love audible books just as much.

newcomer

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I like that the readers.try to change their voices to match the characters BUT sometimes it doesn't quite make it. I'd rather the voices be from different people, esp if the reader wants to act it out.

Scarpetta

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The narrator is Superb with the accents. The story is very interesting. The medical mixed with detective.

Complexity

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Another solid Scarpetta story. Moves fwd a bit in time with a new murder mystery to solve. All the favorite characters join Kay…Detective Marino, Lucy, & Benton. This was not as suspenseful as previous books. But overall, it was a good read. Narrated by Kate Reading who always does a great job acting out the story & using different voices for the many characters. Her Det. Marino voice is excellent & sounds just like CJ Critt, who narrated the 1st 10 Scarpetta books.

Scarpetta & Marino are back working the case

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I like this narrator. The story line was interesting and I like how Cornwell ties in Scarpetta's past. I'm glad Benton is back, Scarpetta was getting a little depressing without him.

I do wish there was more action, I know Scarpetta's getting older but we still got Lucy and gang. The end was a bit abrupt but I am glad Marino got some glory this time. Ready to get t9 the next one!

Need more action...but a compelling story.

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