At Risk

Really liked it. I’m pissed there are only two that I saw In this series

A short and face paced good read. Scarpetta was becoming tedious. Cornwell's later books lack the sense of humor that Southern Cross had. While this book has no humor, it is a breath of fresh air character wise. The author had the courage to make this new female protagonist unlikable. And, as usual, takes a swipe at animal cruelty which I love - the swipe, that is. The characters are, as always, well fleshed out. I highly recommend.

Cornwell is slipping. Ten years ago, her writing was much better. She has become angry, egotistical and filthy. It was very difficult to get all the way through this one, and I will take a break on Cornwell books for a while.

This was a terrible book, I was very disappointed. The only good thing I can say is, it's short.

Another good Cornwell book. I like all of her books. Allways glad to see ladies in a man's roll. Kay Scarpetta is better than most of the CSI's on TV.

I'm kind of disappointed. Not much of a story line. Too many unanswered questions.

This was not one of Cornwell's best works, though neither was it her worst. The narrator's attempt at accents and gender voices was amusing at best. The end was slapped together too quickly, and it shows. Overall though, it wasn't that bad.

I couldn't finish the 2nc CD. the narrator read it like it was a trashy novel, I didn't like the characters or the emphasis on their egos. Yuk.

I usually love Patricia Cornwell's books but couldn't get into this one at all. I made it through the 2nd CD and didn't even bother to finish it. I didn't like the characters, the main character was boring, his sidekick was good but not enought to want to keep listening to the story, I absolutely hated the character of the DA. The person reading the book also was not very good. Very disapointing.

I couldn't finish this book. It is all written in the 3rd person and the narrator doesn't do anything to differentiate between characters. I listened to 2 of the CDs and just couldn't figure out what was going on.

I have been a Patricia Cornwell fan for years. Some of her books have easily been 5 star quality. While At Risk is good it was not outstanding in my opinion. It did not have that fast-heartbeat anticipation to know what is coming next for me.

The story line was OK. Nothing much different than any other mystery/thriller, but it was interesting enough to keep you going. The forensic component was merely a teaser-if your mind wandered when that part came on--would've done little damage to the understanding of the plot. The main character had no depth, two dimensional. His sidekick was the best developed character. She kept me listening. The plot was intriguing enough...until the end. The ending was too contrived; things were thrown in there at the last just to make the pieces fit. AND THE NARRATOR...had it not been for the sidekick and the promising plot, I would have turned it off to escape her reading. When trying to establish a male voice, her lowered, gruff voice was almost comical. I couldn't let myself think about it, because I kept picturing how she probably looked while performing those voices. The best thing: It was only 4 discs-didn't have to invest too much time.