• The Bone Bed

  • Kay Scarpetta Mysteries, Book 20
  • By: Patricia Cornwell
  • Narrated by: Kate Reading
  • Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (162 ratings)

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The Bone Bed

By: Patricia Cornwell
Narrated by: Kate Reading
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Publisher's summary

From one of the world’s number top selling crime writers comes the extraordinary twentieth Kay Scarpetta novel.

A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. She has no idea why.

But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins to suspect that the paleontologist’s disappearance is connected to a series of crimes much closer to home: a gruesome murder, inexplicable tortures, and trace evidence from the last living creatures of the dinosaur age.

When she turns to those around her, Scarpetta finds that the danger and suspicion have penetrated even her closest circles. Her niece Lucy speaks in riddles. Her lead investigator, Pete Marino, and FBI forensic psychologist and husband, Benton Wesley, have secrets of their own. Feeling alone and betrayed, Scarpetta is tempted by someone from her past as she tracks a killer both cunning and cruel.

©2012 Cornwell Etertainment, Inc. (P)2012 Penguin Audio

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Great Job Ms. Cornwell!

I continue to find Dr. Kay Scarpetta novels to be interesting and well worth my time.

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Why is it required?

Good but not better than others. Too much is required! Why do I buy it and still required to gove a review.

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Disappointing

Cornwell has been a consistent writer that definitely got distracted and it impacted the quality of this book.

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Almost gave up

The narrator is horrible! I almost gave up very early on but stuck with it.
I enjoyed the story overall but some of it seemed repetitive and I’d skip forward.
Next time I go to buy a Patricia Cornwell book I’ll listen to the sample first. If it’s the same narrator, I won’t get it.
I’ve read many of Cornwell’s books over the years but this is only the 2nd I’ve listened to.

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Better than books 18 & 19

Storyline and reader much better in this book. Worth the listen, hopefully we have moved past jealousy, pettiness, and Moreano can exist without all the hate thrown his way, and we can just get back to great storytelling.

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Not her best

I have read every Patricia Cornwell’s novels, but this one was too focused on “Kay’s” personal life, and not enough on the science. Husband, jealousy, etc. is not what I want when I read murder mysteries.

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Bone Bed

Yet another fine book from Patricia Cornwell! I love try to figure out the twists & turns coming up next!

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Enough about the damn buttons!

Fifteen minutes of story about buttons. I couldn’t get past this it was enough to turn me off the series completely. This is so slow it’s like she’s run out of stories to tell and micro focuses on stupid things like damn buttons.

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Kay and the turtle

It was a little slow. I kept having to go back and listen again. But the story did keep me to the end. :)

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The reader

Very clear details and strong story line. Love all the characters. Hopefully there will more

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