Kay Scarpetta, her niece Lucy, her boyfriend Benton Wesley team up to investigate murders form Florida to Massachusetts. They may all be related, of course. The world is too small in Cornwell's novels. There don't seem to be any other investigators that get this case. And, one of the culprits always has it out for Lucy, Kay, Marino or Benton, of course. It's all too contrived. That being said the ending came on in 2 pages and left us hanging as to who did what to whom. The why was all supposition which is all unusual for a police procedural based on evidence collection. Not sure why I keep reading the Scarpetta series... ( )

This Scarpetta is an improvement over the previous few in this series. However, it is still nowhere close to the books that started the series. The characters have become completely unlikeable. The plot was better than the last few but still left me a little wanting. I also did not care for the point of view in this one. Oh Patricia, where have you gone? I was such a fan of the first books and you just seem to have wandered off and lost your way somewhere. I read this one because it was on loan from a friend. I don't know how much longer I can keep giving this series another chance. ( )

One of her better books. ( )

Kay Scarpetta books can be intense and grisly and I have read all but Trace. This one however did not have the same quality as others. The plot was confusing and not as believable as Cornwell's other books in the series. I enjoy the characters of the Scarpetta books: Kay Scarpetta, Marino, Benton and Lucy but in this one even the usual great character development was not as sharp. ( )

Why does she continue to write these books? Money. Why do I continue to read them? That is the real question.... ( )