Author: Cornwell, Patricia
John's Read:
Another crime thriller written by Ms. Patricia Cornwell is the novel PREDATOR. Published in 2005 by the Penguin Group, it is 453 pages long and again relates crime solving by Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a forensic expert, and the detective Pete Marino, another PhD forensics expert named Benton Wesley, and her wealthy niece, Lucy.
In 1990 Ms. Cornwell unleashed upon the entertainment industry the power of the CSI. Many interesting iterations have followed since with books, TV shows, and movies. In PREDATOR she has taken the reader in the same direction, but down a different path: she has a story that gets more into the minds of the perpetrators, as well of course, the minds of those looking for them.
Going from medical to psychological, from the empirical crime scenes to the theoretical tossing about of possible solutions to the crimes, and from the technological machinery of medicine to the theoretical hunches of the hunters, this story, thus covering many aspects surrounding crimes and criminals, delves into that which makes a killer a compulsive one. Giving the gory details of the crimes gives grizzly gist to these pages.
As another page turner, the author has again hit the mark. With the horrible events that repulse, descriptive dialog that makes the skin crawl, and fascinating characters that pull one into the story, the novel mystifies, scares, and awes. Readers just might feel the pains of the victims. Oddly this, as human nature shows, is entertainment. Here's wishing you sweet dreams.
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