Title: All That Remains
Author: Patricia Cornwell
Series: Kay Scarpetta #3
Genre: Crime Fiction
Pages: 463 Pages (Paperback)
Original Publication Date: 1992
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Summary from Goodreads
#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell’s heart-stopping thriller featuring gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta.
In Richmond, Virginia, young lovers are dying. So far, four couples in the area have disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses. When the daughter of the president’s newest drug czar vanishes along with her boyfriend, Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows time is short. Following a macabre trail of evidence that ties the present homicides to a grisly crime in the past, Kay must draw upon her own personal resources to track down a murderer who is as skilled at eliminating clues as Kay is at finding them.
My Thoughts
I really enjoy the forensics and details of Patricia Cornwell’s stories and All That Remains was no different. The story was very gripping and I didn’t want to put the book down. I didn’t suspect who the killer was until near the end and the journey to get to the knowledge of who the killer was didn’t seem far-fetched, which is something I like because it helps make the story more believable. My only complaint about her books is the profanity. Thankfully, however, there aren’t a ton of f-bombs, only one in this book and I think it’s the first I’ve encountered in her stories.
In All That Remains, Kay gets involved with a serial killer targeting young couples. At the start of the book, four couples have already disappeared and been found murdered months later. Each couple is found in a remote area of the woods missing their shoes socks. After months of exposure, the only thing that remains of the victims is their bones. And unfortunately, with all that remains of the victims, Kay has had no way to determine the cause of death for any of the victims. When another couple disappears, Kay must race against time and use all her resources to find clues from someone who’s good at not leaving any.
Sounds cool. I haven’t read a mystery in a long time. Did you just randomly find it at the library?
Nope. Someone recommended her series to me a few years back and I’ve been slowly reading them all. They’re the kind that you don’t have to read back to back, so whenever I need a book to fill in for something else I’m waiting for, then I look her up.