Ms Cornwall always keeps the reader on the edge of their seat, wanting answers and keeping us reading ( )

2000

After reading Death's Acre, I thought I would keep my eyes open for some of Cornwall's work, especially when visiting a used book store. This book is from the mid-90s, and it is easy to tell. The sheer number of forensics shows and books that I have consumed in the last decade has really made me jaded I guess. The biggest problem I had with this book was that the investigators all behaved like they were adolescents, running from crime scene to crime scene, but not thoroughly processing the site once they got there. For example (spoiler-free): at one scene, investigators spent a great amount of time trying to get into a basement which had clearly not been used in ages, but at a different location completely ignored and did not explore a significant portion of the building.I suppose if it weren't for the mistakes, the book could not have followed the path that it did, but all the mistakes makes the whole thing feel like amateur hour to me.I might still try one of Cornwall's more recent titles, but it won't be for a while. ( )

Enjoyed this, good thriller with plenty of background character plot ( )

Scarpetta goes to NC to investigate the murder of a little girl thought to be a victim of Temple Gault's. Unfortunately, the killer is someone much closer to home. For anyone with children, this book is truly creepy.