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This Scarpetta novel is quick but I liked it. Cornell has gone back to writing a story with her coroner Kay Scarpetta in the style in which she started writing this series. Good coroner info and in this one a microwave gun!

I love this author. She‘s a go to for me when I want. Good mystery/suspense read. Her latest is no different…although there is a character in the first few chapters I‘d have cheerfully strangled. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The first few chapters were hard going due to the obnoxious prosecutor... The overarching plot was good & I particularly liked how the different crime scenes were eventually tied together.... It just seemed a little clinical & little familiar - the machinations of a boss who dislikes her, earlier cases now under revision - you would think Scarpetta had earned a little trust & respect by now. (continued)

Kay Scarpetta comes roaring back, and I love it! She is in the middle of much controversy, as usual, but doesn‘t compromise her principles. Is there murder and mayhem? Of course. And she gets to work with her husband, Benton, which is always a bonus. Lucy and Marino are front and center, as well. The writing, the action, the mysterious “weapon”, terrorists, secrets, government agencies, and a plot that just tears along. Next?!?! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️