![]() ![]() We don\’t even get to the body until ten chapters in. But so much time is wasted with all the other distractions. That\’s what I loved about this series back when it was strong, and that\’s what continues to carry it. This book is at its best when it goes back to basics - Marino being a detective, Scarpetta doing forensics, Benton profiling, and Lucy doing her tech thing. Self-absorbed much, Kay? And again, yet another unbelievable conspiracy against Scarpetta and everyone associated with her. Then interspersed with that we get more feverish poor-me-what-to-do-about-Marino crap. No doubt this was Cornwell\’s way of dealing with the tragedy, but to me it just seemed self-absorbed and completely unnecessary to this story. First of all, I was flabbergasted at how disingenuously Cornwell inserted Scarpetta onto the scene in Newtown. But as I read the first 9 chapters of this one, I was thinking it was time for Kay to retire. I\’ve read every Scarpetta novel, even during the \”lost years\” before Cornwell got her groove back. ![]()
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