Title: Time to Retire Dr Scarpetta
Product review: I have loved the Scarpetta novels for years. I ran to the bookstore to snatch the newest installment off the shelves and sat up reading way past what logic, employment, and grad school would allow. I'm not sure I will do that any longer.Trace lacks the energy of previous novels. The characters lack energy, the plot lacks energy, the dialogue lacks energy -- I'm beginning to think that Cornwell lacks energy. I agree with the previous reviewers that it seems that Cornwell no longer likes this character and it dragging this relationship past its limits. Perhaps it is in the interest of her fans..I know my personal feeling is that I don't want to see the Scarpetta novels end, but I'd rather she go out in a blaze of glory than the self-absorbed whimper Trace seems to be.If you're a Scarpetta fan, avoid this novel. If you haven't read Cornwell before, try some of her earlier work. I'd hate for one experience to turn you off her completely.
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