I've enjoyed reading the Kay Scarpetta books since the 1990s.
Patricia Cornwell is one of my favorite mystery authors. She makes it seem like Kay is a real person! I've always thought her books would make great movies although Hollywood would probably ruin the plot line.....I find that most books that are made into movies just aren't quite as good...but it might just be me, because I LOVE delving into a good mystery. and this was a good one, even though it was quite long!
STORY SUMMARY
Kay Scarpetta is the Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner. Her husband, Benton Wesley, is a profiler with the FBI. He is currently trying to solve a slew of murders in Washington, D.C. The perp is known as the "capital murderer". It is a couple of weeks before Christmas, and Kay has just returned from Connecticut, to their home in Concord, MA, after helping out at one of the worst mass murders in the history of the United States.
Detective Pete Marino, who used to work with Scarpetta, calls her in the wee hours of the morning to report that there has been a murder of a young woman whose body is found on the grounds of MIT. It is the missing computer engineer Gail Shipton who was reported missing after being seen at a trendy bar the night before. She has been killed just a few weeks before her trial in a 100 million dollar lawsuit against a company called Double S. Kay gets a feeling that this murder is somehow tied in with her computer genius niece, Lucy.
The body is covered with a very fine dust. The body has also been posed to shock. It is similar to the Capital Murderer's work. Kay begins to think it is indeed connected. One of the main problems though, is that her FBI husband thinks that people in the government, and in the FBI, don't really want the killer caught!!
This murder leads Scarpetta, Benton, Lucy, and Marino into the dark corruption of designer drugs, financial corruption, drone technology, and organized crime at the very highest levels.
Will they figure out who the killer is before he or she strikes again??
MY THOUGHTS
I enjoyed this novel as I do every Kay Scarpetta book. The character is one of my very faves in contemporary literature. I also enjoy the character of Benton.
The plot did get bogged down for me about half way through, mainly because of all the technology and drug descriptions.......I'm sure it is what made the book 495 pages. Sometimes I do find the description of forensic psychology very interesting though...I just don't care for the more technical stuff.
The book had some nice surprises like towards the end when Kay and Lucy befriended a homeless man and took him home to Kay's mother in Florida for Christmas. I really enjoyed that the author had us see a glimpse into Kay's childhood years with her daddy (who is deceased from the beginning of the Scarpetta books) and her growing up years in Florida. I always chuckle when Dorothy, Kay's sister and Lucy's mother, is in a scene...she is quite a character and definitely not a fave of mine other than for the funny factor.
I enjoyed this book but it was a bit too long for me and it wasn't my very fave Scarpetta novel.
In my opinion, this book is appropriate for ages 17 and older.
On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest, I rate this an 8.
STORY SUMMARY
Kay Scarpetta is the Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner. Her husband, Benton Wesley, is a profiler with the FBI. He is currently trying to solve a slew of murders in Washington, D.C. The perp is known as the "capital murderer". It is a couple of weeks before Christmas, and Kay has just returned from Connecticut, to their home in Concord, MA, after helping out at one of the worst mass murders in the history of the United States.
Detective Pete Marino, who used to work with Scarpetta, calls her in the wee hours of the morning to report that there has been a murder of a young woman whose body is found on the grounds of MIT. It is the missing computer engineer Gail Shipton who was reported missing after being seen at a trendy bar the night before. She has been killed just a few weeks before her trial in a 100 million dollar lawsuit against a company called Double S. Kay gets a feeling that this murder is somehow tied in with her computer genius niece, Lucy.
The body is covered with a very fine dust. The body has also been posed to shock. It is similar to the Capital Murderer's work. Kay begins to think it is indeed connected. One of the main problems though, is that her FBI husband thinks that people in the government, and in the FBI, don't really want the killer caught!!
This murder leads Scarpetta, Benton, Lucy, and Marino into the dark corruption of designer drugs, financial corruption, drone technology, and organized crime at the very highest levels.
Will they figure out who the killer is before he or she strikes again??
MY THOUGHTS
I enjoyed this novel as I do every Kay Scarpetta book. The character is one of my very faves in contemporary literature. I also enjoy the character of Benton.
The plot did get bogged down for me about half way through, mainly because of all the technology and drug descriptions.......I'm sure it is what made the book 495 pages. Sometimes I do find the description of forensic psychology very interesting though...I just don't care for the more technical stuff.
The book had some nice surprises like towards the end when Kay and Lucy befriended a homeless man and took him home to Kay's mother in Florida for Christmas. I really enjoyed that the author had us see a glimpse into Kay's childhood years with her daddy (who is deceased from the beginning of the Scarpetta books) and her growing up years in Florida. I always chuckle when Dorothy, Kay's sister and Lucy's mother, is in a scene...she is quite a character and definitely not a fave of mine other than for the funny factor.
I enjoyed this book but it was a bit too long for me and it wasn't my very fave Scarpetta novel.
In my opinion, this book is appropriate for ages 17 and older.
On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest, I rate this an 8.
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