I'm not sure what to think of this book. I definitely liked it way better than some of Cornwell's latest Scarpetta installments. However, she's gotten so far from the first few books in the series, style-wise, that it is like reading a different author and a different protaganist. I give it three stars because it kept me interested, but it wasn't what I was hoping for from her. I keep reading her Scarpetta series because I've read them all, and I keep hoping they'll get as good as they were in the beginning.