Predator (Kay Scarpetta Series #14)

by Patricia Cornwell Narrated by January LaVoy

Overview

Investigating the disappearance of two sisters in Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta follows clues that twist and turn, leading her into the psychopathic depths of a jailed serial killer's mind.

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Kay Scarpetta never gets a real vacation: Good news for us; bad news for her. In Predator, this ever-alert investigator is in tropical Florida, freelancing for the National Forensic Academy. But Kay doesn't have time to catch any rays. A series of teasing psychological clues drives her and her team to snowbound Boston to track down a serial killer who always manages to stay one corpse ahead of the competition. Superlative sleuthing.

Marilyn Stasio

The contrived plot that drags Scarpetta out of the classroom and onto the killing fields in pursuit of a madman…plays out in too fragmented a form to sustain much suspense. But Cornwell opens up a fascinating new field for Scarpetta when she involves her in the study that her lover, a forensic psychologist, is conducting up in Boston with compulsive murderers—terminology he considers more scientifically exact than "serial killers." Whatever you call them, they have the author's attention here, and when she isn't too busy doling out bits of business to Scarpetta's posse of co-sleuths, Cornwell brings them to full, frightening life.
—The New York Times

From the Publisher

Sensationally plotted, with a twist at the end that will leave you gasping for breath.”—The Daily Express (U.K.)

“A fine psychological thriller…recalls the work of writers like Minette Walters or Thomas Harris.”—The Denver Post

“[Readers] will find themselves entertained and surprised by the ending.”—The Stuart News/Port St. Lucie News (Stuart, FL)

“There is a steely authority to the prose.”—The Independent (London)

“Cornwell and her original heroine Kay Scarpetta are both back in top form.”—Birmingham Post

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176701647
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	08/08/2023
Series:	Kay Scarpetta Series
Edition description:	Unabridged

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