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ISBN: 9780399152832

Book Title: Predator

Item Length: 9.5in

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Publication Year: 2005

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Language: English

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Author: Patricia Cornwell

Genre: Medical, Fiction

Topic: Physicians, Thrillers / General, Thrillers / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / General

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Number of Pages: 416 Pages

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Dr. Kay Scarpetta, freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida, takes charge of a case that stretches from steamy Florida to snowbound Boston. The teasing psychological clues lead Scarpetta and her team to suspect that they are hunting someone with a cunning and malevolent mind.

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Predator

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Patricia Cornwell

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English

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Physicians, Thrillers / General, Thrillers / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / General

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2005

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Medical, Fiction

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416 Pages

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No. 14

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Ps3553.O692p74 2005

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Kay Scarpetta Ser.

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by islandcomputing
Mar 03, 2009
She's lost her touch!
Apparently this sequel should have been named, "Predator...Hunting for More Money" (Update: I finally read it, my friends were right, it sucked !) I haven't read it yet, but my friends have and they say pass on this one. It just doesn't have the style and skill as was evident in Cornwell's earlier works. I read "Trace" against my better judgment and against advice of fellow Scarpettans and was deeply disappointed. Patricia has lost her touch. Her skill started failing in the book "Last Precinct" and has never recovered. Even her photos look like she's not well and you can see it reflected in her writing. As she's gotten thinner, so have her plots and characters. There seems to be severe tragedy and depression in Patricia's life and it has been transferred to Kay Scarpetta and gang. Our ... Apparently this sequel should have been named, "Predator...Hunting for More Money" (Update: I finally read it, my friends were right, it sucked !) I haven't read it yet, but my friends have and they say pass on this one. It just doesn't have the style and skill as was evident in Cornwell's earlier works. I read "Trace" against my better judgment and against advice of fellow Scarpettans and was deeply disappointed. Patricia has lost her touch. Her skill started failing in the book "Last Precinct" and has never recovered. Even her photos look like she's not well and you can see it reflected in her writing. As she's gotten thinner, so have her plots and characters. There seems to be severe tragedy and depression in Patricia's life and it has been transferred to Kay Scarpetta and gang. Our appetites for the characters are withering and only a few of us will hang on hoping that Ms. Cornwell can pull herself up by the bootstraps and revive her zest for life and her passion for writing. While we wait, I recommend revisiting the series and reread her earlier works from the beginning for a pleasant trip down memory lane. If you still hunger for more, I suggest you read Scarpetta's Winter Table and Food To Die For. Two cook books loosely based on Kay's/Patricia's fav recipes. Her plots have thinned and her characters are just vague, empty images of their former selves, but there's plenty to fill up on in the cookbooks while we wait and see. Bon Appetit
by 292508266@deleted
Jan 29, 2006
Very Disappointing
I've been reading Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta novels on and off for some time now. There was a time when these stories were innovative, and even groundbreaking in their introduction of the strong female lead into the serial killer, suspense genre. But something happened along the way. I don't know if Cornwell changed her story lines for her own reasons or due to bad advice, but rather than forensic suspense the stories turned into adventures in dysfunctional families. Scarpetta became a flaming codependent trying to mother Lucy, whose goal in life was staying in trouble. And Pete Marino, never the most likeable of characters became increasingly large, loud and obnoxious. To put it bluntly, the killers were often the most attractive characters in the stories. Cornwell long ago fell off ... I've been reading Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta novels on and off for some time now. There was a time when these stories were innovative, and even groundbreaking in their introduction of the strong female lead into the serial killer, suspense genre. But something happened along the way. I don't know if Cornwell changed her story lines for her own reasons or due to bad advice, but rather than forensic suspense the stories turned into adventures in dysfunctional families. Scarpetta became a flaming codependent trying to mother Lucy, whose goal in life was staying in trouble. And Pete Marino, never the most likeable of characters became increasingly large, loud and obnoxious. To put it bluntly, the killers were often the most attractive characters in the stories. Cornwell long ago fell off my 'buy in hardback' list. But when I picked up Predator the blurb sounded pretty good, and I decided to give Cornwell another try. The story finds Kate Scarpetta, Pete Marino, and a whole cast of crimestoppers working at the National Forensic Academy, the institute Lucy created so that she could work as a free agent. All isn't well at the Academy, strange events and thefts are interspersed with intense personality conflicts and mistrust until it is obvious that a crisis is brewing. In the meantime a subtle series of deaths and disappearances come to light that seem to link Basil Jenrette, an imprisoned serial killer who has become the subject of Benton Wesley's research into the deviant mind, with killers down in Florida where the academy is. The connections surface painstakingly slowly after in depth forensic work. This is the formula which made Cornwell a success, and I hoped for a return to the Scarpetta of the early stories. Unfortunately, that was not to be. Most of the suspense is about which character will have an argument with another, not with the forensic work. Kate Scarpetta literally shotguns the research work, creating a haphazard web of clues and red herrings. If it wasn't for Pat Cornwell's determination to give the whole story away by continually inviting the reader into the mind of the killer (and a very boring killer he is, by the way) the plot would have been almost impossible to follow. It is almost as if Cornwell wrote a bunch of short episodes and then put them in a semblance of order without any effort at continuity. I'll probably never know whether the ending was intended to be a cliff hanger or if the story was abandoned to its loose ends. It's a shame that this series has been allowed to degenerate the way it has. Cornwell seems to be convinced that if she cannot breath new life into her characters she can succeed by making them so pitiable that the reader will succumb to guilt and read the yet another book. My recommendation is that, under no circumstances buy the hardback. Wait for the paperback if you will, although you may find the time best spent reading something else.
by LVC5Gr2hQAe@Deleted
Jan 08, 2006
Patricia, where are you?
I have been a Kay Scarpetta fan from the early 90s when forensic sciences and profiling were virtually unheard of. I loved the details and the mystery. I grew to really care for the characters as well. But the last 3 books, Predator especially, have been different on so many levels. It really seems as if there is a ghost writer now writing for Ms. Cornwell. She has gone from the standard narrative (3rd person)style which flowed easily from one idea to another - never getting confused with the subplots - or allowing the story to bog in the personal dramas of the characters; to the "jolty" type of writing in what I would have to call "active present tense", a very disconcerting way of writing an entire novel (Trace also employed this technique). I found it difficult to follow the story, and ... I have been a Kay Scarpetta fan from the early 90s when forensic sciences and profiling were virtually unheard of. I loved the details and the mystery. I grew to really care for the characters as well. But the last 3 books, Predator especially, have been different on so many levels. It really seems as if there is a ghost writer now writing for Ms. Cornwell. She has gone from the standard narrative (3rd person)style which flowed easily from one idea to another - never getting confused with the subplots - or allowing the story to bog in the personal dramas of the characters; to the "jolty" type of writing in what I would have to call "active present tense", a very disconcerting way of writing an entire novel (Trace also employed this technique). I found it difficult to follow the story, and even more difficult to care! Reading in the present tense to me is like ant bites, annoying and sometimes painful. I miss Kay at her professional best, and I REALLY miss Pete, not the characature he has become. I, unfortunately, would not recommend this novel to anyone. I do not think I will be reading many more of Ms. Cornwell's books - until the real Patricial Cornwell shows up again.
by kelnkids1qfz
May 09, 2008
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First, I AM a fan of Patricia Cornwell and have read almost all of her work. But Predator left me just sitting there saying "huh?" It was boring, non entertaining and I struggled to get to the end. And that's pretty much how the book ended - like that. Made no sense to me. I LOVED her earlier work - the characters were fresh and vivid and identifiable. Now, Dr. Kay Scarpetta has turned into a crying wimp who turns to her pyschiatrist at the drop of a hat! The characters are not strong and certainly not worth reading. I bought this book and wish I had just rented it from the library - FOR FREE.First, I AM a fan of Patricia Cornwell and have read almost all of her work. But Predator left me just sitting there saying "huh?" It was boring, non entertaining and I struggled to get to the end. And that's pretty much how the book ended - like that. Made no sense to me. I LOVED her earlier work - the characters were fresh and vivid and identifiable. Now, Dr. Kay Scarpetta has turned into a crying wimp who turns to her pyschiatrist at the drop of a hat! The characters are not strong and certainly not worth reading. I bought this book and wish I had just rented it from the library - FOR FREE.
by mfp2x-eaTYG@Deleted
Jan 04, 2008
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the books in this series have become increasingly disjointed. it seems like this is a money making series so the author just keeps pumping out books and this has lead to lowered value. i have followed this series from book one, and would be willing to wait for the next installments for better content. i'd also like to see the characters become more positive. after all these books, they all seem depressed, and still have poor communication with each other. marino? still and always has been a boar, yet he remains. either get rid of him or change him! ironically, i can't wait for the next one to follow the cliffhanger that ended this novel.the books in this series have become increasingly disjointed. it seems like this is a money making series so the author just keeps pumping out books and this has lead to lowered value. i have followed this series from book one, and would be willing to wait for the next installments for better content. i'd also like to see the characters become more positive. after all these books, they all seem depressed, and still have poor communication with each other. marino? still and always has been a boar, yet he remains. either get rid of him or change him! ironically, i can't wait for the next one to follow the cliffhanger that ended this novel.

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