Title: uncharacteristic, slow-starting comic opera
Product review: I almost didn't make it past the pair of pets who narrate their own thoughts (in English, yet). Patricia Cornwell had not given us prior clues she is prone to such silliness. I also found the characters drawn so compellingly in "Hornet's Nest" -- Hammer, Brazil and West -- almost as silly this time around, as they seem mostly to lack self-confidence, scheme to belittle each other and rely more on serendipity than organized deduction to solve seemingly petty "crimes" until seriousness finally appears in the second half of the book. It's the second half -- quick-paced, at least, and filled with actual police work -- that saves this story from disaster. Either Cornwell has a new sub-standard editor or is resting on her laurels. Every previous attempt has been better than this.
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