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Title: Another perfunctory effort from Patricia Cornwell.
Review: This is the last Cornwell book that I will buy. Her last few Scarpetta novels have been heavy on the personal angst of her continuing characters, and VERY light on the mystery and suspense. If I want to read about lost loves, dysfunctional family relationships and May/December romances I will buy a Jackie Collins or Danielle Steele novel. Out of 315 pages, about 200 plus are devoted to Kay and all her troubled relationships, and less than 100 to the "loup garou". The ending is so predictable and perfunctory, I had to force myself to read the last 15 pages. For those of you who like to read suspense novels featuring a continuous character, I recommend John Sandford or Dennis Lehayne. They both are still putting the suspense aspect of their novels first, instead of dwelling on the histrionics of annoying characters, like Ms. Cornwell. I'm sorry Kay, but this is it for me.
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