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Title: Scarpetta, Snap Out of It!
Review: I can't believe this is the same person who wrote Post-Mortem. If there has ever been a more pathetically depressed character than Kay Scarpetta, I sure haven't read it. She used to be so interesting, and now she just cries and drags her tired self around, worrying about her neice to the point where I want to scream. I was truly hoping Lucy would turn the gun on her aunt and end the series. Everybody she writes about is tired, sick, depressed, paranoid, and a constant target. And what's with the helicopter chase? Why must Cornwell turn Scarpetta into an action hero? Can't we just have a good forensic mystery without terrorists, plagues, NY Times Front Page Headlines, and ridiculous action sequences to end the books? Read Post-Mortem again, if you've forgotten how good she used to be. Please Ms. Cornwell, give me a book that doesn't make me want to kill myself after I've read it.
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