Book Info:

Classification: Fiction
Author: Patricia Cornwell
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Copyright: 2008

Review #1

Reviewer: Nancy
Book Rating:
Reviewer Comments: The question is, who is behind Gotham Gotcha, and who is putting Scarpetta's (series) most personal information on the smarmy internet gossip site? Further, could this site be connected to a rash of murders, or to the paranoid fantasies of the main suspect? When Cornwell focuses on crime and forensics she's great, but she suffers from the same syndrome that James Patterson does: they write badly and stiltingly about relationships, while insisting on including way too much awkward nuance and far-fetched dialogue in their novels, a habit that bulks up the pages but slows down the plot. Wait for paperback.

Review #2

Reviewer: Patty
Book Rating:
Reviewer Comments:The latest in the Scarpetta series finds Kay called in to work on an investigation of a little person. The possible suspect, the victim's boyfriend, requests Scarpetta specifically to conduct the examination. While everyone suspects his guilt, Kay investigates the case and begins to have doubts about his guilt. All the while, someone with a grudge against Scarpetta, publishes some very personal about her on a trashy Internet website. While pretty decent, the story runs a little slow at times and a few parts seem unnecessary to the storyline.