I love the Kay Scarpetta novels by Patricia Cornwell. But only the Kay Scarpetta series. She has attempted to start up at least one other mystery series and I just have never really grown any attachment to them.
It all started when I picked this book up in 8th grade:
The series tends to be quite gory, but I love it! This is all before CSI came out and the general populations interest in forensic science increased. At one point I really wanted to be a forensic pathologist because of these books! I'm sure if I had had the aptitude to make it to medical school, I'd still be on that path.
I've tried to pick up various other murder mystery series, but none have quite captured my imagination like this series.
i LOVE the scarpetta series!! i don't really like her other writing. on my vacation last year (last year!!!!!! ugh), i read her book about the ripper murders. she wrote an entire book trying to prove that it was walter sickert. i didn't buy most of the evidence....problem!
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