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Title: A tedious unsatisfying romp with Scarpetta.
Review: The book is mired in techno babble research that Patricia Cornwell must have spent hours investigating to get correct. But the story line suffers immensely. And worst of all, the final confrontation doesn't really exist between Dr. S and her nemesis. One can almost see the word "Sequel" flashing on the last few pages. Very disappointing, tedious and time consuming. A reader of such books wants in addition to learning processes and procedures (which PC has downpat) an exiting suspense driven story. This really fails to deliver.Having read the review from readers vs publishing concerns, it is interesting to see how places like Booklist praise the book to high heaven while the consumer out there yawns.
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