Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
Newly repackaged in a tall Premium Edition, this #1 "New York Times" bestseller finds Dr. Kay Scarpetta on an international mission that will pull her in two opposite directions. Includes a new Introduction by Cornwell. Reissue.
Review Quotes: "Brainteasing . . . [a] hair-raising tale with a French twist."--People
"The author's darkest and perhaps best."--San Francisco Examiner
"When [Scarpetta's] in one of her cut-'em-up moods, you want to follow her anywhere...a series that keeps picking up velocity."
--The New York Times "The forensic sequences boom with authority; the brief action sequences explode on the page. . . . A thunderhead of disquietude hangs over this compulsively readable novel, sometimes loosing storms of suspense; but to Cornwell's considerable credit, the unease arises ultimately not from the steady potential for violence, but from a more profound horror: the vulnerability of a good woman like Kay to a world beset by the corrupt, the cruel, the demonic."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Cornwell's latest villain is a wonderful creation. . . . [Her] detail-laden descriptions of autopsies, gleaned from her work experience on the staff of a Virginia chief medical examiner, offers the same kind of unique insight Tom Clancy provides concerning high-tech weaponry. . . .
Black Notice is a pleasant step forward. . . . The villain is cracker-jack, the chase is exciting...Good for Patricia Cornwell, and even better for her many fans."
--Fort Worth Star-Telegram "It is fascinating to watch Scarpetta and her supporting cast . . . become more and more themselves...especially in such a brilliantly paced adventure as this one."
--Kirkus Reviews
