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The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11)
The Last Precinct - Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11
Author: Patricia Cornwell
Physically and psychologically bruised by her encounter with the killer Chandonne, Dr Kay Scarpetta has to leave her home in the hands of the police team investigating the attack. She finds shelter with an old friend, Anna Zenner, but it is not the haven of security she needs when she discovers that Anna has been subpoenaed to appear before a Gr...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780399146251
ISBN-10: 0399146253
Publication Date: 2000
Pages: 449
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 245 ratings
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 15 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
If you haven't read Patrica Cornwell you don't know what your missing. this is just one of her many. Story is full of unrelenting suspense.
crysteena73 avatar reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 54 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
There was a time when you could read a Kay Scarpetta book as a stand alone. Those earlier books by Patricia Cornwell are what brought me to the series and has kept me reading them. Unfortunately, I keep hoping the latest offerings will get back to the wonderul mysteries they once were but they just aren't. Her last few books (this one included) are continuations of previous books or the beginning of what will end up being one story written into three different books. Instead of focusing on the mystery and science of her job, the readers spend most of the book reading conversations between Kay and her friends and seeing Kay becoming more paranoid and a perpetual victim instead of being the brilliant doctor she once was. Reminds me too much of afternoon soap operas.
reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 7 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Really loved reading this book, very informative as well as entertaining.
reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on
Helpful Score: 4
Could not put this book down...........then had to run out immediately and buy the next one.
daedelys avatar reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 1218 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This book has caused me to stop reading the series. It was the final straw that broke the camel's back in an otherwise mediocre and overly-hyped series.

By page 82, my brain was screaming to my hand to start scraping my eyeballs out with a nearby nail clipper. Don't get me wrong, it's great that the author tries to humanize her lead character by having her talk about "feelings" and "personal issues" (don't get me started on how annoying Lucy is!), but it doesn't need to take up the first 100 pages of the book. I didn't sit down to read a forensic mystery/thriller so I could get in touch with my girly feelings. If I'd wanted to do that, there's other genres I could've picked up to suit that type of mood. This was the type of series that I started reading because I wanted to read about forensics and not about a lead character who is, for the most part, just annoying and having a "heart-to-heart" with her shrink while complaining about her life and how unfair it all is. (Trust us, we know that, that's why we're reading a book to get away from the boring "Days of Our Lives" stuff.) Call me cold and heartless, but I'm not generally feeling in touch with my feminine side when I'm in the mood for a good thriller.

So, sad to say, I did what I rarely do and just couldn't finish the book, though I made it past 100 pages and consider that enough reading to know I didn't like it anymore. My dislike of the lead character in general has over-ridden my interest in continuing on with the series. It's an interest, I should mention, that wasn't that great anyway, because I kept finding problems and plot-holes in most of the books that made me groan in annoyance. It's a bummer, too, because I still had 3 more books I had bought that are going from my TBR pile straight to my release pile. What a waste of money!
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daedelys avatar reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 1218 more book reviews
This book has caused me to stop reading the series. It was the final straw that broke the camel's back in an otherwise mediocre and overly-hyped series.

By page 82, my brain was screaming to my hand to start scraping my eyeballs out with a nearby nail clipper. Don't get me wrong, it's great that the author tries to humanize her lead character by having her talk about "feelings" and "personal issues" (don't get me started on how annoying Lucy is!), but it doesn't need to take up the first 100 pages of the book. I didn't sit down to read a forensic mystery/thriller so I could get in touch with my girly feelings. If I'd wanted to do that, there's other genres I could've picked up to suit that type of mood. This was the type of series that I started reading because I wanted to read about forensics and not about a lead character who is, for the most part, just annoying and having a "heart-to-heart" with her shrink while complaining about her life and how unfair it all is. (Trust us, we know that, that's why we're reading a book to get away from the boring "Days of Our Lives" stuff.) Call me cold and heartless, but I'm not generally feeling in touch with my feminine side when I'm in the mood for a good thriller.

So, sad to say, I did what I rarely do and just couldn't finish the book, though I made it past 100 pages and consider that enough reading to know I didn't like it anymore. My dislike of the lead character in general has over-ridden my interest in continuing on with the series. It's an interest, I should mention, that wasn't that great anyway, because I kept finding problems and plot-holes in most of the books that made me groan in annoyance. It's a bummer, too, because I still had 3 more books I had bought that are going from my TBR pile straight to my release pile. What a waste of money!
hunterchick avatar reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 78 more book reviews
Patricia Cornwells Kay Scarpetta is a character who becomes addicting. Smart, Funny, brave, and tough she is a character who sticks with you, and you will find yourself wanting to read the whole series. Chapters are on the shorter side so the book is easier to digest.
daedelys avatar reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 1218 more book reviews
This book has caused me to stop reading the series. It was the final straw that broke the camel's back in an otherwise mediocre and overly-hyped series.

By page 82, my brain was screaming to my hand to start scraping my eyeballs out with a nearby nail clipper. Don't get me wrong, it's great that the author tries to humanize her lead character by having her talk about "feelings" and "personal issues" (don't get me started on how annoying Lucy is!), but it doesn't need to take up the first 100 pages of the book. I didn't sit down to read a forensic mystery/thriller so I could get in touch with my girly feelings. If I'd wanted to do that, there's other genres I could've picked up to suit that type of mood. This was the type of series that I started reading because I wanted to read about forensics and not about a lead character who is, for the most part, just annoying and having a "heart-to-heart" with her shrink while complaining about her life and how unfair it all is. (Trust us, we know that, that's why we're reading a book to get away from the boring "Days of Our Lives" stuff.) Call me cold and heartless, but I'm not generally feeling in touch with my feminine side when I'm in the mood for a good thriller.

So, sad to say, I did what I rarely do and just couldn't finish the book, though I made it past 100 pages and consider that enough reading to know I didn't like it anymore. My dislike of the lead character in general has over-ridden my interest in continuing on with the series. It's an interest, I should mention, that wasn't that great anyway, because I kept finding problems and plot-holes in most of the books that made me groan in annoyance. It's a bummer, too, because I still had 3 more books I had bought that are going from my TBR pile straight to my release pile. What a waste of money!
hunterchick avatar reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 78 more book reviews
Patricia Cornwells Kay Scarpetta is a character who becomes addicting. Smart, Funny, brave, and tough she is a character who sticks with you, and you will find yourself wanting to read the whole series. Chapters are on the shorter side so the book is easier to digest.
hunterchick avatar reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 78 more book reviews
Patricia Cornwells Kay Scarpetta is a character who becomes addicting. Smart, Funny, brave, and tough she is a character who sticks with you, and you will find yourself wanting to read the whole series. Chapters are on the shorter side so the book is easier to digest.
reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 17 more book reviews
I'm not a big fan ot this one at all Losing interest in Kay's storylines.
reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 593 more book reviews
One of her best yet, what a twist at the end.
jessicadeaton avatar reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 34 more book reviews
All of the Patricia Cornwell books are great. This one has action, adventure, & murder.
Kay Scarpetta is a great character. Any of you that like Forensic Files will love these books.
reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 11 more book reviews
Dr Kay Scarpetta investigates the Werewolf murders which may have extended into New York.
Tata avatar reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 135 more book reviews
I enjoyed this book. It is a great series. This book follows The Black Notice and a continuation of Kay Scarpetta's life as a chief medical examiner. A good book.
sealady avatar reviewed The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 11) on + 657 more book reviews
We enter The Last Precinct through the reverberating aftershocks of Black Notice, finding Kay an object of suspicion and criminal investigation. She further discovers that the Werewold murders may have extended to NYC

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