Barbara S. (barbsis) - , reviewed on 3/21/2012 + 1076 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This book took way too long to get to the point...almost 200 pages to get to any kind of action. Kay Scarpetta is tricked into traveling to Savannah Georgia to visit Kathleen Lawler (Dawn Kincaid's mother) in prison. Kay is incredibly paranoid and everyone she meets is suspicious, a possible person of interest. She suspects people are following her, people are going to attack her, etc. It gets really irritating. There is a lot going on and all of it seems unconnected and irrelevant so it's hard to get interested. There are various female prisoners including Dawn, Kathleen, Lola and three dead prisoners who might or might not have anything to do with what is going on (and what is that exactly? I have no idea.) Half the story is just a rambling stream of consciousness from Kay which is disturbing and so un-Kay-like. The story eventually weaves itself together though the ending was way too quick and convenient. I liked this one better than Port Mortuary but it's still nowhere near the beginning of the series which was 5 star all the way.

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