Title: The lustre begins to wear off...
Product review: "Postmortem" and "Body of Evidence" were good books. "All That Remains" is not. It sets the pattern for the remainder of her work to date (Jan 2001): flimsy plots, poor/non-existent characterisation, awful dialogue and plain bad writing. The first two Scarpetta books showed signs of planning, thought, research and effort. None has since. This is dashed-off tosh, written too quickly with an eye on the bank balance and not on the story. Holes abound and description is poor. The pacing is usually glacial but then, just when it matters, too quick. It is not plausible as a thriller or mystery as the culprit is obvious from the get-go. Skip this and pick up Michael Connelly or John Connolly.
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