Title: Written by an Impostor?
Product review: When Cornwell wrote Hornet's Nest many wondered if it was the first thing she ever wrote, dusted off when she became known. With Southern Cross she proves that she's pumping out this garbage fresh, and you have to ask how the author of the Scarpetta series could write so badly. The main characters carried over from Hornet's Nest have been turned into Keystone Kops. Too much of the book is spent on a character named Bubba who does nothing worth all that attention. His life sucks, his job sucks, his friends suck, his hobbies suck, his ride sucks, and he fills the pages, which REALLY sucks. The humor falls flat unless you think the guy in the lampshade is a riot. Cornwell only shines when writing about the juvenile sociopath but he's pretty much lost in this crowd of circus players.
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