Black Notice: Scarpetta (Book 10) (Kay Scarpetta)

Not your typical Cornwell. A little slow to get started but difficult to put down in the second half. Character development continues as Lucy gets more complex and Marino becomes more obsessed with Scarpetta. Heavy foreshadowing of things to come.

Patsy Cornwall is back on track in the latest Scarpetta novel. Once again, she does a great job of delving into the psyche of her characters. I was worried after her last book, because it was "thinly" written. I hope she is working on development of the next Scarpetta relationship and forensic case.

EEE GADZ! What happened? Anyone speak non-sequitur-ese here? This was an angry novel which depicts Kay Scarpetta as an unhappy, nasty, witch with a B. This patchwork does not work. I am disappointed, I truly love this author and the stock characters. Kay Scarpetta needs a vacay.

I have read most of the Scarpetta novels. I think this is the last. The author has lost her focus and this book was simply boring. Nothing exciting happened and the end was a complete contrived bust. It will take a big sell to get me into another one.