Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

So much for hoping that Cornwell would return to the great stories about Kay Scarpetta, America's top forensic pathologist, and her merry band of helpers. This book is beyond bad. It doesn't deserve even half a star. Between pages 65, 66 and 67, Cornwell writes "...he's done the unthinkable." "...he might be capable of the unthinkable." "...not if he did the unthinkable." "He may have done the unthinkable." "...she hopes ... that the unthinkable hasn't happened." "Assuming he's done the unthinkable..." What's *unthinkable* is that this mess got through the editing process. Is there no one brave enough to stand up and say, "Miss Cornwell, this won't do. Bring it back when it's worthy to print or get a ghost writer."? Lucy, Scarpetta's niece and incredibly wealthy computer genius, is really high maintenance and she just wears me out. Benton, Scarpetta's lover, is a puffed up jealous toad. There's a smarmy Italian doctor after her affections, too. Marino, Scarpetta's investigator, really crosses the line and would be canned in a second by the the original Scarpetta - the brilliant pathologist who lept off the pages when Cornwell was at the top of her game. The Iraq war figures into the killer's fury. Iraqi sand, blue glue and a lot of missing body parts are supposed to provide intrigue. Not this time. The main characters are actually scarier than the madman. Something's wrong with this picture. No amount of pre-release hype can save this mess. Once the reviews hit, and readers blog their thoughts and opinions, the book will fall off the side of the world. Good riddance.