Unnatural Exposure is chapter 8 of the highly exciting Scarpetta novel series. It is a suspenseful crime mystery thriller where each chapter brings a completely new story with some minute investigative details that revolve around forensic science. Kay Scarpetta leads all these investigations and brings out some unthoughtful discoveries from within the cases and in exposing the murderer behind the different killings. The author has provided mystery thrillers with some really exciting novels where the likes of Postmortem and Body of Evidence right at the top of the list.
J. Critt has done the narration of this chapter. She received mixed reviews from the audience for her performance in this novel. There were concerns about her pauses and at times, she seemed to be out of breath. On the author’s side, other audiences loved her for her tonal quality and the way she handled the characters of this novel, especially Scarpetta.
In Unnatural Exposure, the dead body of an elderly woman was discovered somewhere in a Virginal landfill. Scarpetta started with the investigation with the belief that all clues point this towards a serial killer operating and whom she has tracked before as well. But, her further investigations take her to some confusing eruptions on the body of the woman, which might just be pointing in some other direction. Scarpetta was contacted by the killer through email and then she took the help of her tech-savvy niece Lucy.
Unnatural Exposure has a gripping tale where the author did a wonderful job in producing such mind-bending situations that one could never think about. Scarpetta’s character is truly loved by the audience and the way she lives personally and professionally is something that you will find highly inspiring.
Once again, a thriller with so much suspense that kept me on tenterhooks. Patricia Cornwell has definitely become my second female crime writer.
Ohhhh I think so too!