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  • Unnatural Exposure

  • Dr Kay Scarpetta, Book 8
  • By: Patricia Cornwell
  • Narrated by: C. J. Critt
  • Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (135 ratings)

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Unnatural Exposure

By: Patricia Cornwell
Narrated by: C. J. Critt
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Summary

Dublin, Ireland and Richmond, Virginia: separated by thousands of miles - linked by murder.

Five dismembered, beheaded bodies were found in Ireland five years ago - now four have been discovered in the States. But the tenth corpse in Virginia is different. A copy-cat killing. Ghoulish, perhaps, but not unusual. Then abject terror grips Scarpetta and her colleagues when the next body is found with a clear and horrifying message: the killer is armed with the most lethal weapon on earth - smallpox.

A sadistic serial killer, the weapon a deadly virus. The eighth novel in the best-selling Dr Kay Scarpetta series.

©1997 Patricia Daniels Cornwell (P)2002 Recorded Books Inc
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Critic reviews

"America's most stimulating and chilling writer of crime fiction." ( The Times)
"Patricia Cornwell is one of the best crime writers writing today. She is precise, she is careful, above all, she is original." ( The Guardian)
"Few writers match Patricia Cornwell when it comes to writing crime." ( The Daily Express)

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Good book spoilt by narrator

It was really hard to listen to the narrator - I will sadly not be purchasing another book if same narrator.

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Audiobook issues

The book itself was fine, although in a couple of places the recording failed to play properly. In two instances, the audio jumped or repeated a few lines over and over, with no fault of the app itself because when viewing the audiobook play, the seconds continued as normal, so it is an issue with the recording itself rather than the audible app.

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Another great Cornwell story

Love Cornwell’s books. Well researched, pacy and good narration. Scarlett’s is one of my favourite characters so always drawn to these books

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Awesome

Awesome, best parts figuring out who dead doc was, the plane journey , and finally putting Mark to rest.Kay can now move on with her life. But loses people she cares about on her way.

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Good Story, Lousy Narration.

The narrator was slow and nasal, with all the dramatic ability of a banana.

The audio skipped really badly too.

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Story is great, narrator not so good

the story is great as usual for Patricia Cornwell, just found the narrator not so great. I prefer Lorelei King as a narrator. She reads the book as different people. It means you know when 'Scarpetta' is talking, or 'Lucy" or any of the other characters.

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Just one more....

Just one more chapter is what I have kept thinking to myself making me late for things. Brilliant book brilliant story as all of P C's are

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attention

good book, kept my attention all the way through. a few loose ends remaining 😡

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Great Story, shame about the audio glitches

As usual, enjoyed another Kay Scarpetta whodunit and the narrator was great. Unfortunately, at 3 different points in the book, the audio suffered from repitition of phrases and skipping of words and sentences. I would have given it 5 stars overall if not for that.

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Spoiled again

I was glad to see that the next books in the series are narrated by someone else.

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