Ugh...I just wrote a review and it didn't save. I'll sum up. This book started out better than her most recent books, as it has switched back to the first person told by Kay Scarpetta. Scarpetta is in the dark for a large portion of this book, with information being discovered and doled out at a very slow pace. Then Scarpetta takes an hour drive with Benton that the reader is not privy too, and Benton fills her in on a lot of information. I found the novel a little confusing from this point on, because now Scarpetta has information that is not shared with the readers in a cohesive way. In typical Cornwell fashion, once she hits a certain page count, she decides to quickly wrap up the book. All of a sudden things quickly happen and then the book ends. I think it would have been better if the beginning was faster paced, and spend more time on the discoveries at the end. If you liked her last few novels, you will like this one.