This book was great up until the end. The end was just absolute crap and sticks with the "formula" this author keeps using. She is continually killing off the bad guys with Scarpetta at the scene of the crime and it's just getting old. I mean really, how many times are serial killers just outright killed on the street instead of taken into custody? (And by a doctor no less?!?!) She tries to get all these facts into the books regarding forensics and crime and then makes an ending that is hurried and ridiculous. If the rest of the book weren't so well-written, I'd throw my hands up and quit reading this series. If the books continue to have such unoriginal endings, I probably will, because I expect authors to try some diversity in their storytelling instead of always having the villain killed by the heroine, who, in this story, is just a medical examiner. I mean really, how many M.E.s do we here about taking out bad guys like this one does? Good grief.

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Patricia Cornwells Kay Scarpetta is a character who becomes addicting. Smart, Funny, brave, and tough she is a character who sticks with you, and you will find yourself wanting to read the whole series. Chapters are on the shorter side so the book is easier to digest.

I have read the entire Scarpetta series and have loved them all. This one is no exception.

Cornwell rocks!!

This another good book by Patricia Cornwell, I love the mystery and unexpected turn of events in her books. This is as suspensful as all her others.

Upon examining a dead woman found in snowbound Central Park, Kay Scarpetta immediately recognizes the grisly work of Temple Gault, a bold and brilliant killer from her past. Now she must hunt down a psychopath whose string of horrible murders is leading inexorably to his ultimate prey: Scarpetta herself. Even with the help of the FBI, Scarpetta knows the endgame is hers alone to play -- and it will be played on Gault's home turf, the subway tunnels beneath New York City.

excellent read

This was a good story. It was interesting and I liked the characters. However the details about the murders were a little too much for me.

Another great book in the Scarpetta Series. Very cat and mouse with the killer and the pace is fast. A previous murderer that Scarpetta has worked forensically on --named Gault-- has targeted Kay as his ultimate kill.

One of Cornwell's best works.

"A compelling fast moving tale, written in a highly compressed style."
"Throughout, the suspenseis expertly gauged, the writing gripping."

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