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Title: Too much angst mars Scarpetta series
Review: Having read all the Patricia Cornwell's previous Kay Scarpetta books, I was nonetheless ambivalent about starting her new one, Point of Origin. Although they are dark of necessity, the series had become depressing because nothing good ever happens to anyone! All of Kay's relationships -- whether with coworkers, her sister and mother, significant other Wesley Benton, investigative sidekick Marino, or beloved niece Lucy -- are fraught with tension and mistrust. Everyone seems depressed and unhappy, including Kay herself. And for good reason -- life is always dealing Kay, her friends and family, a low blow. Before I started this book, I told my husband that if something good doesn't happen to somebody in this one, I wouldn't be reading another one. I closed the cover today -- Kay Scarpetta, adios!
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