Livid cover art

Livid

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for £0.00
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

Livid

By: Patricia Cornwell
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Try for £0.00

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 31 July 2025 23:59 GMT. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

THE THRILLING KAY SCARPETTA MYSTERY FROM THE #1 GLOBAL BESTSELLER. SCARPETTA IS COMING TO THE SCREEN SOON, STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN AND JAMIE LEE CURTIS

Murder and mayhem. Scarpetta is back, and she's racing against the clock . . .

Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is the reluctant star witness in a sensational murder trial when she receives shocking news. The judge's sister has been found dead. At first glance, it appears to be a home invasion, but then why was nothing stolen, and why is the garden strewn with dead plants and insects?

Although there is no apparent cause of death, Scarpetta recognizes tell-tale signs of the unthinkable, and she knows the worst is yet to come. The forensic pathologist finds herself pitted against a powerful force that returns her to the past, and her time to catch the killer is running out...

©2022 Cornwell Enterprises, Inc (P)2022 Hachette Audio UK Crime Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Medical Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Exciting Suspense Murder Forensics

Listeners also enjoyed...

 First Blood cover art
The Body in the Marsh cover art
Buried cover art
The Infirmary: A DCI Ryan Mystery (Multicast Drama) cover art
Am I the Killer? cover art
First Cut cover art
Lost Hills cover art
Don't Even Breathe cover art
The Other Daughter cover art
Relic cover art
Songbird cover art

Critic reviews

"One of the best crime writers writing today." (Guardian)

"Cornwell knows how to craft a mean page-turner and Livid Is no exception." (Telegraph)

"I'm still seeing stars... Kay Scarpetta is the same grumpy, wonderful, riveting personality she's always been and she's only getting better with time." (James Patterson)
All stars
Most relevant  
I have enjoyed the Scarpetta series from the beginning and looked forward to the release of every one.
This one though, I felt was flat, cut short - it seemed almost unfinished.
The story lines ended too soon and I was left feeling "that's it?".

First Scarpetta Disappointment

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I have always been a fan of Scarpetta.
All have been so accurate and factual.
But please, microwave guns. Give me a break!

Microwave gun?

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The characters come to life, you will not be disappointed, being on the next in the series. 5 stars all the way!

Beautifully narrated.

Wow!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A good book but not her best. The storyline was good but the ending was a bit of a letdown. It seemed to end abruptly and there were too many loose ends not tied up. However, the narrator was excellent.

Livid by Patricia Cornwell

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This didn’t disappoint. Classic Kay Scarpetta. Crime meets tomorrows world, As the plot unfolds, threads start to come together until the final reveal.

As I wrote. Gripping!

Gripping till the end.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It has been a long time since I enjoyed the experience of listening to a Scarpetta novel, the previous narrator Ericksen was just so exhausting to listen too and though I suffered through it, it was such a drag! Now LaVoy is a pleasure to listen to, she has got that measured, calm voice I imagine Kay has, and it’s once again possible to distinguish between characters. We are almost back to Lorelai King standard, who read the early books so well!
The story is a bit blah, I’m sad to say. It’s a nice listen as I feel I know the characters so well by now, having had them in my life for 20 years, but the earlier books were better.
Spoiler alert!!
Why did Desi and Janet have to be written out? I liked them with Lucy. It’s about time something good comes her way. I’m still not convinced about Pete and Dorothy, seems wrong, we all know he’s in love with Kay.
Yet I’ll continue to read/listen to Scarpetta, can’t leave them now after two decades!

Thank god they changed the narrator

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Really thought we were back to the original style and quality of the originals, sad to say it was a fantastic 3/4ers great read and then just died at the end and left me wondering what all the build up was for. Like someone said you have a chapter to end the book and that’s it.

Great start - poor ending

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
whilst this isnt one of the most fast pace, edge of your seat Scarpetta stories, it was gripping.

another great Scarpetta book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I love all Patricia Cornwell books, she's a wonderful writer and Kay Scarpetta is a brilliant lead character. I always wait with much anticipation on each new novel to be released and this latest one did not disappoint, it was a great story and read by a very good narrator.

Great read as expected from a Scarpetta book 👍

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Let’s hope these weapons never fall into the hands of stupid. Great story. Easy listening.

Yikes

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews