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 Not quite as bad as Predator October 11, 2008
We are all impressed with Patricia Cornwell's [Kay Scarpetta's]knowledge of Italy; places, food, drink etc. I guess we are all a bunch of Rednecks with our noses pressed to the window of a world we can never be a part of.
I swore after the very dismal effort of Predator I would not read another Scarpetta mystery. However I relented and read this one. It was a little better. Slightly more human than the last. But I hate it when an author rushes through the final chapter. She still leaves you hanging over the fate of one of the main characters that has been piviotal in so many of her works. I like what Ms. Cormwell has done with Benton and Lucy. Maybe Scarpetta does have a heart.
Will I read Scarpetta when it comes out in December? Probably, but I won't be putting my name on a waiting list for it
 Don't bother October 9, 2008
It's not one of her best Scarpetta books - and it's the last book of Cornwell's I'll ever read. I'm sure Patricia would not pay me $10 ($9.99 plus tax actually) to find out my political beliefs, and I don't appreciate paying to find out hers. Her references to the President were not necessary and were not appreciated. There were opportunities for Ms. Cornwell to bring in the fact that Clinton liked to "be with" women besides his wife, and also that he lied under oath - that he has made a generation of teenagers think oral sex is not really sex. I hate that I won't know what happens to Marino, but I'm not paying Cornwell to find out what her politcal beliefs are. I wanted to be entertained and this book does not do it.
The worst! October 7, 2008
I am an avid reader of mystery novels and I must say this is the worst novel I have read in 20 years. I kept pushing on hoping it would begin to come together, but alas with 20 pages to go, and the ridiculous story line I had to just put it down and throw it away. That is a first for me. Don't waste your money on this loser.
Awful! October 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have no idea what Ms. Cornwell is thinking - her first 5 or 6 books in this series were so good, but they have deteriorated rapidly since then. I don't like any of these people anymore, or care what happens to them. I quit buying the books in hardcover, waiting for the paperback, but I will not buy or read ANY MORE! The plot makes little sense, the solution comes from nowhere, there are loose ends abounding - I could go on and on!
Her worst book !! October 3, 2008
This has got to be one of the worst books she has written. It looks like this is her rant against the Iraq war. She seems to hate everybody and everything in US goverment, I guess she is just another "I hate George Bush" person. Very sloppy and jumps around alot. She seems do have to much detail about equipment and it was DULL!! Near the end of the book it looks like she just got tired and quit. There is no real ending, but it was a relief to get to the end of this mess ! This book needed 0 stars. Don't waste your money like I did.
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