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Title: Get some new ideas
Review: I was very excited when the new Scarpetta novel was released. I was very disappointed to find it the worst parts of all the previous books. In Southern Cross the Richmond PD was just cleaned up. How did a Diane Bray character arrive? If you don't know what to do with a character-just kill it off. Why is every killer personally after Scarpetta? When is Lucy going to grow up and start treating people with something more than hostility? The icing on the cake of this book was the "experienced" Scarpetta romancing. In the 14 years these books have covered she has only dated two people. A thirty year old is just too young for her-making him forty would have made the romance more plausible. Marino was treated so badly it was ridiculous. I won't be looking forward to a next book as much.
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