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From Potter's Field (Kay Scarpetta) (Paperback)

by Patricia Cornwell (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc; Reissue edition (Aug 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0425154092
  • ISBN-13: 978-0425154090
  • Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.4 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 500,123 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Vividly compulsive, this warrants a new award; winner of the golden scalpel' Mail On Sunday 'Cornwell is on magnificent form' Evening Standard 'Grippingly tense' The Times --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars From Potter's Field, 27 Sep 2007
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This review is from: From Potter's Field (Paperback)
'From Potters Field' is the sixth book in the Kay Scarpetta series written by Patricia Cornwell. Scarpetta's nemesis Temple Gault is back, this time in New York City where he has murdered a young woman in Central Park on Christmas Eve. This begins yet another chase of this ruthless and extremely clever killer for Scarpetta, Marino and Wesley and another series of brutal murders.

Once again Cornwell has written another fantastic Scarpetta novel and this is one of the most exciting of the series so far. The action is non-stop and is full of unexpected twists and some of the most nerve-racking scenes in the series yet. The on/off love affair between Benton and Kay does begin to get a little tired and Kay's neice, Lucy is as annoying as ever, but other than that it is a top quality thriller that is on top form from Cornwell.
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23 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good read but arrogant protagonist, 17 Nov 2003
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This review is from: From Potter's Field (Paperback)
Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta's series are very entertaining and manages to keep avid fans like me hook but reading this book, I am begininng to dislike the main character, she is only the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia but it seems she is the only capable person of solving all the violent crimes in the whole of US.

Questions that crept through my mind as I read this book: how come the murderers are always shot/killed by Scarpetta at the end of the book? And Dr. Scarpetta is getting more and more arrogant in her views, putting Marino down through certain sections in the book; Benton Wesley is just like a useless sidekick to her and just the go-between FBI and her. No one is better than her; she has all the answers, and the Chief Medical of Examiner of New York can't hold a candle to her as well. She does not work along with others and thinks she is better than others and have descriptions like "my neighborhood was one of the wealthiest in Richmond" - mentioning her Mercedes car unnecessary, etc.

She is always right while the others who have more experience in solving crimes (basing on their job titles, anyway) are clueless and she points out the obvious all the time.

I'm in the midst of deciding whether to read the next in the series....if the Scarletta (haha) character becomes more arrogant in the next few books, I think I will switch to Temperance.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not her best, 4 Aug 2007
This review is from: From Potter's Field (Paperback)
The problem with all the Kay Scarpetta books is that they're so completely unbelievable. Why the hell doesn't she just do her job, perform the autopsies, write a report and go home to bed? Why does she get personally involved in every investigation, and end up chasing the bad guys around the place? Why is she always pursued to the ends of the Earth (or at least all over America) by deranged villains who've decided to make her life a misery, for no reason that makes any sense? And how come these villains always seem to know exactly where she is and what she's doing, so that they can surface at her most vulnerable moments? Well, obviously, because there wouldn't be that much of a story if they didn't, I suppose.
The result, in this book, is a kind of mish-mash. There are some good bits, but a lot of it is just silly, and I'm beginning to get annoyed with the author's increasingly sloppy writing. What, exactly, is an 'older man'? Older than what? Older than a baby? Or a teenager? Or a pensioner? Almost everyone Scarpetta met in this book was an 'older man' or an 'older woman'. She seems to use this expression simply because she can't be bothered to invent an age for a particular minor character.
And I know the author is female, but some of the mood swings, irrational actions and leaps of intuition performed by Scarpetta are really beginning to bug me. I might give her books one more try, but after that I'm quitting, because there are so many better writers out there.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not her best
This is the 6th in Patricia Cornwell's acclaimed Kay Scarpetta series. So far the series has been getting progressively better and excitement but 'From Potters Field' is a bit of... Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Silly
I worship Tom Waits, and he wrote a song called 'Potter's Field' and I though the novel might be related to it in some murky post-modernity way. Read more
Published 8 months ago by lurgee

5.0 out of 5 stars Cornwell is My Queen!
If I had not opened this book four years ago I would not be here reading and loving crime fiction. The book is a masterpiece in the sense that when you turn to page one you are in... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars From Potter's Field
Number 6 in the Dr Kay Scarpetta series of novels and yet another good, solidly written book.

This one ties in nicely with the previous two as it concerns the serial killer... Read more

Published on 5 Jan 2005 by Rich Milligan

5.0 out of 5 stars Cornwell does it again, and again, and again, and again....
...and with this book, she has done it yet again.

The book does not start off too well, with the sherrif Santa bit being a bit confusing for the first couple of pages. Read more

Published on 2 Mar 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANT
Absolutly brilliant book. Heart stopping in places. Temple Gault is a nasty peice of work but Kay Scarpetta pursues until the end. A good ending indead. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2001 by meggiesrule@lineone.net

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!
I have read all the Scarpetta books up to "point of origin", (my current reading material), and I am an avid fan, I have always admired the characater of Kay Scarpetta... Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars A Heart-Stopping Page Turner, The best ever!
Being an avid Cornwell/Scarpetta fan, I have read all the books in the series. To date From Potter's Field is definitely the best. Read more
Published on 22 Sep 1999

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